Phallichthys amates

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: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Poeciliini
Genus: Phallichthys
Species: Phallichthys amates

Name

Phallichthys amates (Miller, 1907)

• Holotype: CAS 22554 [ex IU 11375]. Paratypes: CAS 22554 [ex IU 11375] (114, incl. holotype), FMNH 56168 (6), ?NMW 84425 (1), UMMZ 65220 [ex IU 11375] (6), USNM 73924 (7).
• Type locality: Pond and its outlet, an affluent of Río Montagua, Guatemala.

Synonyms

• Poecilia amates Miller, 1907
  • Phallichthys amates amates (Miller, 1907)
• Poecilia pittieri Meek, 1912
  • Phallichthys amates pittieri (Meek, 1912)
  • Phallichthys pittieri (Meek, 1912)
• Poeciliopsis isthmensis Regan, 1913

References

• Miller, N. 1907: The fishes of the Montagua River, Guatemala. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(2): 95–123. Reference page. 

Links

• Poecilia amates in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on March 22, 2015.
• Phallichthys amates – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Phallichthys amates in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.