Micropanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa.
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| The fishes of the Nile (Pl. LXXIX) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Subfamily: | Procatopodinae |
| Tribe: | Procatopodini |
| Genus: | Micropanchax G. S. Myers, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Haplochilus schoelleri, a synonym of M. loati Boulenger 1904
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Species
editThe 13 recognized species in this genus are:[1]
- Micropanchax antinorii (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye)
- Micropanchax bracheti (Berkenkamp, 1983)
- Micropanchax camerunensis (Radda, 1971) (Cameroon lampeye)
- Micropanchax ehrichi (Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1994)
- Micropanchax fuelleborni (Ahl, 1924) (Lake Rukwa lampeye)
- Micropanchax hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913) (mesh-scaled topminnow)
- Micropanchax johnstoni (Günther, 1894) (Johnston's topminnow)
- Micropanchax keilhacki (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
- Micropanchax kingii (Boulenger, 1913)
- Micropanchax loati (Boulenger, 1901) (Nile killifish)
- Micropanchax pfaffi (Daget, 1954) (Pfaff's lampeye)
- Micropanchax rudolfianus (Worthington, 1932) (Lake Rudolf lampeye)
- Micropanchax scheeli (Román, 1971) (Scheel's lampeye)
Laciris pelagicus (Worthington, 1932), formerly placed here, is now in Laciris.[2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Micropanchax". FishBase. April 2017 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Laciris". FishBase. April 2017 version.
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