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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: Heterandriini
Genus: Priapichthys
Species: P. annectens – P. caliensis – P. chocoensis – P. darienensis – P. nigroventralis – P. panamensis – P. puetzi
Name

Priapichthys Regan, 1913
Gender

masculine
Synonyms

Alloheterandria Hubbs, 1924
Darienichthys Hubbs, 1924
Diphyacantha Henn, 1916
Panamichthys Hubbs, 1924

Type species

Gambusia annectens Regan, 1907, by monotypy.

References

Regan, C. T. (1913) A revision of the cyprinodont fishes of the subfamily Poeciliinae. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4): 977–1018, Pls. 99-101.

Links

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

Priapichthys is a genus of poeciliid fishes native to Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia.
Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[1]

Priapichthys annectens (Regan, 1907)
Priapichthys caliensis (C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1916)
Priapichthys chocoensis (Henn, 1916)
Priapichthys darienensis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
Priapichthys nigroventralis (C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1912)
Priapichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
Priapichthys puetzi M. K. Meyer & Etzel, 1996

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Priapichthys". FishBase. August 2012 version.

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