Aapticheilichthys

Aapticheilichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Procatopodinae
Tribe: Procatopodini
Genus: Aapticheilichthys
Species:
A. websteri
Binomial name
Aapticheilichthys websteri
(Huber, 2007)
Synonyms[1]

Procatopus websteri Huber, 2007

Aapticheilichthys is a monotypic genus of killifish from the family Poeciliidae,[2] the sole member being Aapticheilichthys websteri.[1] A. websteri was found by the American fish breeder Kent Webster after which the species was named. The type locality was Akaka Camp on the western coastal plain of Gabon.[3] A. websteri was collected from a river that was less than 10m wide on the night of the Asian tsunami, though it is not clear what effect of the tsunami may have had on the local ecosystem.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aapticheilichthys websteri". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  2. ^ "Genus Aapticheilichthys Huber 2011". FishWisePro. 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. ^ Huber, J.H., 2007. Procatopus websteri: a new species of lampeye killifish from Akaka Camp, western Gabon (Teleostei: Poeciliidae: Aplocheilichthyinae), exhibiting similarities of pattern and morphology with another sympatric lampeye species, Aplocheilichthys spilauchen. Trop. Fish Hobbyist 55(1):110-114.


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