Aplocheilus

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

Aplocheilus McClelland, 1838

Gender: masculine

Type species: Aplocheilus chrysostigmus McClelland, 1839, by subsequent designation by Bleeker, 1864.

Etymology: απλος simple or single and χειλος the lip.

McClelland, J. 1838. Observations on six new species of Cyprinidae, with an outline of a new classification of the family. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 7: 941–948, Pls. 55–56. BHL Reference page.
McClelland, J. 1839. Indian Cyprinidae. Asiatic Researches v. 19 (pt 2): 217–471, Pls. 37–61. BHL Reference page.

Berkenkamp, H.O. & Etzel, V. 1986. Revision der asiatischen Gattung Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 (Familie Aploheilidae [sic] Bleeker, 1860). Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal 18(3): 32–43. Reference page.
Bleeker, P. 1863–64. Atlas ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néêrlandaises, publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement colonial néêrlandais. Tome III. Cyprins. v. 3: 1–150, Pls. 102–144. Reference page.
Katwate, U., Kumkar, P., Britz, R., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. 2018. The identity of Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes), an endemic Killifish from the Andaman Islands, with notes on Odontopsis armata van Hasselt. Zootaxa 4382(1): 159–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.6 Reference page.
Kottelat, M. 2013. The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibiography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 27: 1–663. PDF. Reference page.