Pamphorichthys

Pamphorichthys
Pamphorichthys hasemani at the top (Phalloptychus eigenmanni, middle and bottom)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Tribe:	Poeciliini
Genus:	Pamphorichthys Regan, 1913
Type species
Heterandria minor Garman, 1895[1]

Pamphorichthys is a genus of poeciliids native to the Amazon, Paraguay, São Francisco and Itapicuru basins in South America.

Some authorities consider Pamphorichthys to be a subgenus of Poecilia.[2]

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]

• Pamphorichthys araguaiensis W. J. E. M. Costa, 1991
• Pamphorichthys hasemani (Henn, 1916)
• Pamphorichthys hollandi (Henn, 1916)
• Pamphorichthys minor (Garman, 1895) (Mini-molly)
• Pamphorichthys pertapeh C. A. A. de Figueiredo, 2008
• Pamphorichthys scalpridens (Garman, 1895)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pamphorichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
2. Robert W. Meredith; Marcelo N. Pires; David N. Reznick; Mark S. Springer (2010). "Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships and the evolution of the placenta in Poecilia (Micropoecilia) (Poeciliidae:Cyprinodontiformes)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (2): 631–639. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.006. PMID 19922806.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pamphorichthys". FishBase. August 2012 version.