Priapichthys
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Priapichthys is a genus of livebearing toothcarps (Poeciliinae). The fish are found in Costa Rica and Panama, as well as in Colombia and Ecuador west of the Andes .
features
Priapichthys species reach lengths between 3 cm and 4 cm (males) and between 4 cm and 6.5 cm (females). Outwardly they resemble the Brachyrhaphis species and the gambus , but the males of Priapichthys have a longer and differently shaped gonopodium . When applied to the body, it extends almost to the tail fin. The end of the gonopodium is bent downwards like a hook. Priapichthys species are inconspicuously colored from olive brown to olive gray.
species
- Priapichthys annectens ( Regan , 1907)
- Priapichthys caliensis ( CH Eigenmann & Henn , 1916)
- Priapichthys chocoensis (Henn, 1916)
- Priapichthys darienensis ( Meek & Hildebrand , 1913)
- Priapichthys nigroventralis (Eigenmann & Henn, 1912)
- Priapichthys panamensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
- Priapichthys puetzi M. K. Meyer & Etzel , 1996
literature
- Manfred K. Meyer, Lothar Wischnath, Wolfgang Foerster: Livebearers ornamental fish: Species of the world. Mergus Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde Baensch, Melle 1985, ISBN 3-88244-006-6 , pages 270-272.
- Charles Tate Regan (1913): A revision of the cyprinodont fishes of the subfamily Poeciliinae . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913 (pt 4) (art. 58): p. 991.
Web links
- Priapichthys on Fishbase.org (English)