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WoRMS taxon details

Pachypanchax Myers, 1933

AphiaID

270159 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:270159)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Aplocheilidae Bleeker, 1859

Direct children (2)

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Species Pachypanchax playfairii (Günther, 1866)
Species Pachypanchax playfairi (Günther, 1866) accepted as Pachypanchax playfairii (Günther, 1866) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Myers, G. S. (1933). Pachypanchax, a new genus of Cyprinodont fishes from the Seychelles Islands and Madagascar. American Museum novitates. no. 592. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pachypanchax Myers, 1933. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270159 on 2025-04-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Myers, G. S. (1933). Pachypanchax, a new genus of Cyprinodont fishes from the Seychelles Islands and Madagascar. American Museum novitates. no. 592. [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]