Hypsopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Middle Africa.[2]
| Hypsopanchax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Subfamily: | Procatopodinae |
| Tribe: | Procatopodini |
| Genus: | Hypsopanchax G. S. Myers, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Haplochilus platysternus Nichols & Griscom 1917[1]
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Species
editThere are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981 (Chain lampeye)
- Hypsopanchax jobaerti Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965
- Hypsopanchax jubbi Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 (Southern deepbody)
- Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Zaire lampeye)
- Hypsopanchax stiassnyae van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi, 2015[3]
- Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929) (Zebra lampeye)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hypsopanchax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hypsopanchax". FishBase. April 2017 version.
- ^ van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. (2015): Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 87-96.
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