Plataplochilus

Plataplochilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cyprinodontiformes
Family:Poeciliidae
Subfamily:Procatopodinae
Genus:Plataplochilus
C. G. E. Ahl, 1928
Type species
Haplochilichthys ngaensis
C. G. E. Ahl, 1924

Plataplochilus is a genus of poeciliid fishes native to Middle Africa.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Plataplochilus cabindae (Boulenger, 1911)
  • Plataplochilus chalcopyrus J. G. Lambert, 1963 (Flame lampeye)
  • Plataplochilus loemensis (Pellegrin, 1924) (Loeme lampeye)
  • Plataplochilus miltotaenia J. G. Lambert, 1963 (Red striped lampeye)
  • Plataplochilus ngaensis (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Nga lampeye)
  • Plataplochilus terveri (Huber, 1981) (Terver's lampeye)

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). Species of Plataplochilus in FishBase. April 2017 version.


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