The Ceylon killifish (Sinhala: උඩ හඳයා, romanized: uda handaya; Aplocheilus dayi) is a species of killifish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species grows to a length of 9 cm (3.5 in).[1] Males and females have a black dot at the rear end of the base of the dorsal fin. The females lay 50–150 eggs.[2] The specific name of this fish honours the Inspector-General of Fisheries in India Francis Day (1829-1889), who first reported this fish, although he identified it as Aplocheilus panchax.[3]
| Ceylon killifish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Aplocheilidae |
| Genus: | Aplocheilus |
| Species: | A. dayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Aplocheilus dayi Steindachner, 1892
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References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aplocheilus dayi". FishBase. August 2012 version.
- ^ McInerny, Derek; Geoffry Gerard (1989). All About Tropical Fish Fourth Edition. Great Britain: Harrap Limited. pp. 286. ISBN 0-8160-2168-6.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2019). "Order Cyprinodontiformes: Families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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