Poropanchax

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
Genus: Poropanchax
Species: P. brichardi – P. hannerzi – P. myersi – P. normani – P. rancureli
Name

Poropanchax Clausen, 1967

Gender: masculine

Type species: Poropanchax macrophthalmus Meinken, 1932. Type by original designation.
References

Clausen, H.S. 1967: Tropical Old World cyprinodonts. Reflections on the taxonomy of tropical Old World cyprinodonts, with remarks on their biology and distribution. Akademisk. Forlag, Copenhagen, 3–64. Reference page.

Links

Poropanchax and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on August 1, 2015.
Poropanchax – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Poropanchax is a genus of small poeciliid fishes native to Africa.[2]
Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[2]

Poropanchax brichardi (Poll, 1971) (Brichard's lampeye)
Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning, 1929)
Poropanchax myersi (Poll, 1952) (Hummingbird lampeye)
Poropanchax normani (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928) (Norman's lampeye)
Poropanchax rancureli (Daget, 1965) (Rancurel's lampeye)
Poropanchax stigmatopygus Wildekamp & Malumbres, 2004

A seventh species is recognized by Catalog of Fishes, but not by FishBase where considered a synonym of P. luxophthalmus:

Poropanchax hannerzi (Scheel, 1968) (Hannerz' lampeye)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Propanchax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Poropanchax in FishBase. April 2017 version.