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Fundulopanchax
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Kingdom
Animalia
Scientific name
Fundulopanchax
Higher classification
Nothobranchiidae
Order
Cyprinodontiformes
Family
Aplocheilidae
Phylum
Chordata
Rank
Genus
Lower classifications
Blue lyretail, Emerald aphyosemion
Biotope adl 13 39 fundulopanchax sjoestedti
Fundulopanchax is a genus of killifish living in near-coastal fresh water streams and lakes in Western Africa. All species were previously biologically classified as members of the genus Aphyosemion, with the exception of Fundulopanchax avichang, F. gresensi and F. kamdemi, which were all scientifically described after the major revision of the Aphyosemion complex.
Storing killifish eggs for aphyosemion and fundulopanchax
Etymology
The name Fundulopanchax is composed of the names of two other genera of killifish, Fundulus Lacépède (1803) and Panchax Valenciennes (1846), which were previously wrongly thought to be closely related to each other.
Species
There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus: