Pachypanchax patriciae

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 patriciae

Name

Pachypanchax patriciae Loiselle, 2006

Holotype: AMNH 232450. Paratypes: AMNH 232426 (8), 232452 (5), 235860 (11); MNHN 1931-0198 (4).

Type locality: Ampandra River, about 2 kilometers upstream of village of same name, 13°24'90"S, 48°50'20"E, Madagascar, elevation 44 meters.

Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:107

Etymology: The species name honors Patricia Yazgi, and recognizes her support of ongoing efforts to document and conserve the Malagasy freshwater ichthyofauna.

References

Primary references

Loiselle, P.V. 2006. A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1366: 1–44. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. [see pages 25-30, figs. 11-13]

Additional references

Fricke, R., J. Mahafina, F. Behivoke, H. Jaonalison, M. Léopold and D. Ponton, 2018. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, with 158 new records. FishTaxa v. 3 (no. 1): 1-432 [see page 107]
Pachypanchax patriciae in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 4, 2017.
Pachypanchax patriciae in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Links

Pachypanchax patriciae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
IUCN: Pachypanchax patriciae (Endangered)