Aplocheilus andamanicus

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: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Aplocheilus
Species: Aplocheilus andamanicus

Name

Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler, 1906)

Original combination: Haplochilus andamanicus Köhler, 1906

Lectotype: BMNH 1870.5.18.34-36 [largest specimen]. Lectotype selected by Katwate et al. 2018:167

Paralectotypes: BMNH 1870.5.18.34-36 (2), BMNH 1889.2.1.2017-2110 (4)

Type locality: Port Blair on the southern Andaman island.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• Day, F. 1878. The fishes of India; being a natural history of the fishes known to inhabit the seas and fresh waters of India, Burma, and Ceylon. Part 4: i–xx + 553–779, Pls. 139–195. Reference page. 
• Köhler, W. 1906. II. Neuimportierte bezw. erstmalig nachgezüchtete Zahnkarpfen (Poeciliidae). A. Eigebärende Zahnkarpfen (Poeciliidae oviparae). In: Wichand, B. & Köhler, W., Diesjährige Neuheiten in Wort und Bild. Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde 17(39): 383–391. BHL 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. 

Links

• Aplocheilus andamanicus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 06, 2022.