Hypsopanchax

Hypsopanchax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Subfamily:	Procatopodinae
Tribe:	Procatopodini
Genus:	Hypsopanchax G. S. Myers, 1924
Type species
Haplochilus platysternus Nichols & Griscom 1917[1]

Hypsopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Middle Africa.[2]

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[2]

• Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981 (Chain lampeye)
• Hypsopanchax jobaerti Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965
• Hypsopanchax jubbi Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 (Southern deepbody)
• Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Zaire lampeye)
• Hypsopanchax stiassnyae van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi, 2015[3]
• Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929) (Zebra lampeye)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hypsopanchax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hypsopanchax". FishBase. April 2017 version.
3. van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. (2015): Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 87-96.