Hypsopanchax stiassnyae

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 stiassnyae

Name

Hypsopanchax stiassnyae van der Zee et al., 2015

• Holotype: AMNH 252441.
• Paratypes: AMNH 258083 (1, 2); MRAC B3-01-P-1 (0, 1).

Type locality: Democratic Republic of Congo: Kasaï Occidental Province: Lulua Basin, Kambambe River at village Kazadi, 6°32'56" S, 22°42'16" E.

Etymology: The species is named after Melanie L. J. Stiassny of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, who supported us in many ways in our studies on the systematics of the Cyprinodontiformes of the Congo Basin.

References

• van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. 2015. Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 26(1): 87–96. Abstract Reference page.