Hypsopanchax

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Hypsopanchax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

Hypsopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Middle Africa.[2]

Species[edit]

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hypsopanchax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Hypsopanchax in FishBase. April 2017 version.
  3. ^ 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.