Procatopodinae is a subfamily of the family Poeciliidae, the "livebearers", in the order Cyprinodontiformes.[2] Some authorities treat this subfamily as a family, the Procatopodidae, including the banded lampeye.[3]
| Procatopodinae | |
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| Lamprichthys tanganicanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Subfamily: | Procatopodinae Fowler, 1916[1] |
Subdivisions edit
The subfamily Procatopodinae is divided into two tribes and 11 genera:[2]
- Tribe Fluviphylacini Roberts, 1970
- Fluviphylax Whitley, 1920
- Tribe Procatopodini Fowler, 1916
- Aapticheilichthys Huber, 2011
- Micropanchax Myers, 1924
- Lacustricola Myers, 1924
- Poropanchax Clausen, 1967
- Platypanchax Ahl, 1928
- Lamprichthys Regan 1911
- Pantanodon Myers, 1955
- Hypsopanchax Myers, 1924
- Procatopus Boulenger, 1904
- Plataplochilus Ahl, 1928
- Rhexipanchax Huber, 1999
References edit
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 371. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Pedro Bragança & Wilson J E M Costa (2019). "Multigene fossil-calibrated analysis of the African lampeyes (Cyprinodontoidei: Procatopodidae) reveals an early Oligocene origin and Neogene diversification driven by palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic events". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 19 (2): 303–320. doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00396-1. Abstract