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: Procatopodinae
Genus: Procatopus
Species: P. aberrans – P. cabindae – P. kabae – P. lamberti – P. loemensis – P. nimbaensis – P. nototaenia – P. schioetzi – P. similis
Name
Procatopus Boulenger, 1904
Gender: masculine
Type species: Procatopus nototaenia Boulenger, 1904, by monotypy.
References
Boulenger, G.A. 1904: Descriptions of new West-African freshwater fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 14 (no. 79) (art. 3): 16–20. BHL Reference page.
Links
Procatopus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Procatopus is a genus of poeciliid fishes native to tropical freshwater habitats in Cameroon and Nigeria.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
Procatopus aberrans C. G. E. Ahl, 1927 (Bluegreen lampeye)
Procatopus nototaenia Boulenger, 1904 (Large finned lampeye)
Procatopus similis C. G. E. Ahl, 1927 (Variable lampeye)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Procatopus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Procatopus in FishBase. April 2017 version.
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