Hylopanchax moke

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 moke

Name

Hylopanchax moke Van der Zee et al., 2013

• Holotype: ZSM 40768.
• Paratypes: ZSM 40767 (ex ZSM 29750) (1, 2), 41386 (ex ZSM 29737 (25, now 24); MRAC 102524–533 (5, 5).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo, Bandundu Province, streams and small rivers around Lui Kotale, 02°45'S, 20°22'E [1].

Etymology: The species name moké is the Lingala word for “very small”, referring to the minute size of this species.

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.