Pachypanchax playfairii

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: Pachypanchax
Species: Pachypanchax playfairii

Name

Pachypanchax playfairii (Günther, 1866)

Syntypes: BMNH 1864.11.15.91-93 (3 or 2), 1865.3.18.100-101 (2), 1866.1.19.40-43[or 70-73] (4), 1866.1.19.63-69 (7 or now 5), 1867.8.16.24-25 (2); MSNG 9297 (1); USNM 12611 (10); ZMB 6085 (2).

Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:162.

Type locality: Seychelles

Synonyms

Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866 (original combination)
Panchax playfairii (Günther, 1866)

References

Primary references

Günther, A.C.L.G. 1866. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum 6(i–xv): 1–368. BHL Reference page. [see page 314.]
Paepke, H.-J. & Seegers, L. 1986. Kritischer Katalog der Typen und Typoide der Fischsammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Teil 1: Atheriniformes. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 62(1): 135–186. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.19860620109 Reference page. [see page 162.]

Additional references

Wildekamp, R.H., Romand, R. & Scheel, J.J. 1986. Cyprinodontidae (pp. 165–276). In: Daget, J., Gosse, J.-P. & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds), 1986. Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa. CLOFFA. ISNB Bruxelles, MRAC Tervuren, ORSTOM Paris. v. 2: i–xiv + 1–520. PDF [see page 275.]
Haplochilus playfairii in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 31, 2017.

Links

Pachypanchax playfairii – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Pachypanchax playfairii in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Pachypanchax playfairii – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
IUCN: Pachypanchax playfairii (Data Deficient)
Pachypanchax playfairii in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on October 21, 2023