Hylopanchax leki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

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: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Procatopodinae
Genus: Hylopanchax
Species: Hylopanchax leki

Name

Hylopanchax leki Van der Zee et al., 2013

• Holotype: ZSM 40764.
• Paratypes: ZSM 40765 (ex ZSM 29615) (4, 5).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Province Bandundu, stream at Lompolé and Yaka, 02°34'S, 20°14'E [1].

Etymology: The species name leki is the Lingala word for the “smaller or younger sibling”, referring to the fact that the species is the slightly smaller one of the sibling species pair, the larger being Hylopanchax ndeko, of the left bank of the Lokoro river.

References

• van der Zee, J.R.; Sonnenberg, R.; Schliewen, U.K. 2013: Description of three new species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 from the central Congo Basin (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Procatopodini) with a redefinition of the genus. Zootaxa 3701(1): 35–53. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.1.3 Reference page.