Aphyosemion exiguum

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 exiguum

Name

Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911)

Holotype (unique): BMNH 1904.7.1.23

Type locality: Nyong River, southern Cameroon.

Synonyms

• Haplochilus exiguus Boulenger, 1911
  • Panchax exiguus (Boulenger, 1911)
• Panchax preussi Ahl, 1924
  • Aphyosemion preussi (Ahl, 1924)
• Panchax carnapi Ahl, 1924
  • Aphyosemion carnapi (Ahl, 1924)
• Panchax jaundensis Ahl, 1924
• Panchax loboanus Ahl, 1924
  • Aphyosemion loboanum (Ahl, 1924)
• Panchax jacobi Ahl, 1928
  • Aphyosemion jacobi (Ahl, 1928)
• Panchax normani Ahl, 1928
  • Aphyosemion normani (Ahl, 1928)

Vernacular names

English: Jewel killifish

References

Primary references

• Boulenger, G.A. 1911. Descriptions of new African cyprinodont fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) 8(44): 260–268. BHL Reference page.  [see page 265.]
• Ahl, E. 1924. Zur Systematik der altweltlichen Zahnkarpfen der Unterfamilie Fundulinae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 60 1/2(4): 49–55. Reference page. 
• Ahl, E. 1924. Über neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen der Gattung Panchax. Zoologischer Anzeiger 60(11/12): 303–312. Reference page. 
• Ahl, E. 1928. Beiträge zur Systematik der afrikanischen Zahnkarpfen. Zoologischer Anzeiger (79), 3/4(8): 113–123. Reference page. 

Links

• Haplochilus exiguus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 11, 2017.
• Aphyosemion exiguum – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Aphyosemion exiguum in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.