Brachyrhaphis

Life-forms

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: Gambusiini
Genus: Brachyrhaphis
Species: B. cascajalensis – B. episcopi – B. hartwegi – B. hessfeldi – B. holdridgei – B. olomina – B. parismina – B. punctifer – B. rhabdophora – B. roseni – B. roswithae – B. terrabensis
Name

Brachyrhaphis Regan, 1913

Gender: feminine

Type species: Gambusia rhabdophora Regan, 1908, by monotypy.
References

Regan, C.T. 1913. A revision of the cyprinodont fishes of the subfamily Poeciliinae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4: 977–1018, Pls. 99–101. BHL Reference page.

Links

Brachyrhaphis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Brachyrhaphis is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Central America. Most are restricted to Panama and Costa Rica, but B. holdridgei also occurs in Nicaragua and B. hartwegi is from Mexico and Guatemala. A recent phylogenetic analysis has suggested that Brachyrhaphis may not be of a monophyletic group.[2]
Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[3]

Brachyrhaphis cascajalensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
Brachyrhaphis episcopi (Steindachner, 1878)
Brachyrhaphis hartwegi D. E. Rosen & R. M. Bailey, 1963 (Soconusco gambusia)
Brachyrhaphis hessfeldi M. K. Meyer & Etzel, 2001
Brachyrhaphis holdridgei W. A. Bussing, 1967
Brachyrhaphis olomina (Meek, 1914)
Brachyrhaphis parismina (Meek, 1912)
Brachyrhaphis punctifer (C. L. Hubbs, 1926)
Brachyrhaphis rhabdophora (Regan, 1908)
Brachyrhaphis roseni W. A. Bussing, 1988
Brachyrhaphis roswithae M. K. Meyer & Etzel, 1998
Brachyrhaphis terrabensis (Regan, 1907)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Brachyrhaphis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
Ingley, Spencer J.; Reina, Ruth G.; Bermingham, Eldredge; Johnson, Jerald B. (2015-08-01). "Phylogenetic analyses provide insights into the historical biogeography and evolution of Brachyrhaphis fishes". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 89: 104–114. Bibcode:2015MolPE..89..104I. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.04.013. PMID 25916190.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Brachyrhaphis in FishBase. August 2012 version.