Aphyosemion elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Aphyosemion
Species: Aphyosemion elegans

Name

Aphyosemion elegans (Boulenger, 1899)

Syntypes: BMNH 1899.11.27.42-43 (2) Coquilhatville, 1899.11.27.44-46 (3) Bikoro; MRAC 990-992 (1, 1, 1), 993-995 (1, 1, 1).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo.

Synonyms

• Haplochilus elegans Boulenger, 1899
• Panchax elegans (Boulenger, 1899)

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1899. Matériaux pour la faune du Congo. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Cinquième Partie. Cyprins, Silures, Cyprinodontes, Acanthoptérygiens. Annales du Musee du Congo (Ser. Zoology) 1 (fasc. 5): 97–128, Pls. 40–47. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Haplochilus elegans in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 15, 2017.
• Aphyosemion elegans – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Aphyosemion elegans in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.