Procatopodidae

Procatopodidae
Lamprichthys tanganicanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Suborder:	Cyprinodontoidei
Family:	Procatopodidae Fowler, 1916 [1]
Type genus
Procatopus Boulenger, 1904
Genera
See text

Procatopodidae, the African lampeyes, is a family of ray-finned fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes. ^[2]

It was formerly treated as a subfamily (Procatopodinae) of the Poecilidae. Despite containing mostly African genera (including Pantanodon ), the South American Fluviphylax was also placed in it as its own tribe. However, more recent studies have found this treatment to be paraphyletic; Pantanodontidae, Fluviphylacidae, and Procatopodidae are their own families distinct from Poecilidae, and the former two are distinct from Procatopodidae as well. Meanwhile, the Aplocheilichthyinae, previously treated as a separate subfamily of Poecilidae, are known to belong to the Procatopodidae. This family is thought to be the sister group to the clade comprising Aphaniidae and Valenciidae. ^{[3] [4]}

Subdivisions

The family Procatopodidae is divided into two subfamilies and 14 genera: ^{[5] [6]}

• Subfamily Aplocheilichthyinae Myers 1928
  • Aplocheilichthys Bleeker, 1863
• Subfamily Procatopodinae Fowler, 1916
  • Aapticheilichthys Huber, 2011
  • Congopanchax Poll, 1971
  • Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965
  • Hypsopanchax Myers, 1924
  • Laciris Huber, 1981
  • Lacustricola Myers, 1924
  • Lamprichthys Regan , 1911
  • Micropanchax Myers, 1924
  • Plataplochilus Ahl , 1928
  • Platypanchax Ahl, 1928
  • Poropanchax Clausen, 1967
  • Procatopus Boulenger, 1904
  • Rhexipanchax Huber, 1999

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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
4. Bragança, Pedro H. N.; Amorim, Pedro F.; Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2018-02-09). "Pantanodontidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), the sister group to all other cyprinodontoid killifishes as inferred by molecular data". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94 (1): 137–145. doi: 10.3897/zse.94.22173 . ISSN   1860-0743.
5. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
6. Bragança, Pedro H. N.; Amorim, Pedro F.; Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2018-02-09). "Pantanodontidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), the sister group to all other cyprinodontoid killifishes as inferred by molecular data". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 94 (1): 137–145. doi: 10.3897/zse.94.22173 . ISSN   1860-0743.