Hylopanchax

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Hylopanchax
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Aplocheilichythinae
Genus: Hylopanchax
Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965
Type species
Hypsopanchax silvestris
Poll & J. G. Lambert 1958

Hylopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to the Congo River Basin and Ivindo River in Middle Africa. [1]

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hylopanchax". FishBase . April 2017 version.
  2. 1 2 3 Van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Schliewen, U.K. (2013): Description of three new species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 from the central Congo Basin (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Procatopodini) with a redefinition of the genus. Zootaxa, 3701 (1): 35–53.
  3. 1 2 Bragança, P. H. N., Van der Zee, J. R., Sonnenberg, R., & Vreven, E. J. W. M. N. (2020). Description of two new miniature species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae ) from northeastern Gabon, with an updated diagnosis of the genus based on morphology, colouration and osteology. Journal of Fish Biology. doi:10.1111/jfb.14606
  4. Sonnenberg, R., Friel, J.P. & Van der Zee, J. (2014): Description of Hylopanchax paucisquamatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), a new lampeye species from the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Zootaxa, 3846 (4): 577–583.