Hypsopanchax platysternus

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: Hypsopanchax
Species: Hypsopanchax platysternus

Name

Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)

• Holotype: AMNH 6299. Paratypes: (38) AMNH 6078 (orig. 16, now 12), 6256 (orig. 23, now 20); MRAC 15666-68 [ex AMNH] (3).
• Type locality: Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Synonyms

• Haplochilus platysternus Nichols & Griscom, 1917

References

• Nichols, J.T. & Griscom, L. 1917. Fresh-water fishes of the Congo basin obtained by the American Museum Congo expedition, 1909–1915. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 37 (art. 25): 653–756, Pls. 64–83. Reference page. 

Links

• Hypsopanchax platysternus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 12, 2015.
• Hypsopanchax platysternus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Hypsopanchax platysternus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.