Aplocheilidae

Aplocheilidae
Madagascar pike ( Pachypanchax omalonotus )
Systematics
Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae) Ovalentaria Superordinate : Earfish relatives (Atherinomorphae) Order : Toothpies (Cyprinodontiformes) Subordination : Aplocheiloidei Family : Aplocheilidae
Scientific name
Aplocheilidae
Bleeker , 1860

The Aplocheilidae are a family of the toothfish (Cyprinodontiformes). The fish are slender and five to ten centimeters long. Your anal fin is always larger than the dorsal fin.

distribution

The Aplocheilidae live in fresh water , more rarely in brackish water in India , Sri Lanka , Madagascar , the Seychelles and in Southeast Asia as far as Java .

features

The fish are slender, almost round in cross section, and reach lengths of 5 to 10 centimeters. Their eyes are relatively large, their mouths wide and above them. Their ventral fin bases are close together. There is a metapterygoid (wing bone) and three basibranchials (bones at the base of the branchial arch). As a rule, the males are brightly colored, the females monochrome gray or brownish.

species

In the past, the African species that are now part of the new family Nothobranchiidae also belonged to the Aplocheilidae. Today only two Asian species belong to this family.

• Aplocheilus
  • Aplocheilus blockii
  • Green striped pike ( Aplocheilus dayi )
  • Aplocheilus kirchmayeri
  • Striped pike ( Aplocheilus lineatus )
  • Panchax ( Aplocheilus panchax )
  • Aplocheilus parvus
  • Werner's striped pike ( Aplocheilus werneri )
• Pachypanchax
  • Pachypanchax arnoulti
  • Madagascar pike ( Pachypanchax omalonotus )
  • Pachypanchax patriciae
  • Tüpfelhechtling ( Pachypanchax playfairii )
  • Pachypanchax sakaramyi
  • Pachypanchax sparksorum
  • Pachypanchax varatraza

literature

• Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .

Web links

Commons : Aplocheilidae  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aplocheilidae on Fishbase.org (English)