Aplocheilichthys (Genus)

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Aplocheilichthys is a genus of in the Poeciliidae family. It contains the following species:

Bukoba lampeye (Aplocheilichthys bukobanus)
Central East African lampeye (Aplocheilichthys centralis)
Lake Rukwa lampeye (Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni)
meshscaled topminnow (Aplocheilichthys hutereaui)
kongoro lampeye (Aplocheilichthys kongoranensis)
kibiti lampeye (Aplocheilichthys lacustris)
spotted lampeye (Aplocheilichthys maculatus)
ruaha lampeye (Aplocheilichthys omoculatus)
Lake Rudolf lampeye (Aplocheilichthys rudolfianus)
Aplocheilichthys sp. nov.
Aplocheilichthys sp. nov. 'Baringo'
Aplocheilichthys sp. nov. 'Naivasha'
usangu lampeye (Aplocheilichthys usanguensis)
bitschumbi lampeye (Aplocheilichthys vitschumbaensis)

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Class: Osteichthyes Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
        Subclass: Actinopterygii - Ray-Finned Fishes
        Infraclass: Actinopteri
        Cohort: Clupeocephala
        Superorder: Acanthopterygii
        Order: Cyprinodontiformes Berg, 1940 - Cyprinodontiforms, Cyprinodonts
        Family: Poeciliidae Garman, 1895 - Poeciliids
        Subfamily: Aplocheilichthyinae
        Genus: Aplocheilichthys

The Genus Aplocheilichthys is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 66 species and subspecies in the Genus Aplocheilichthys: A. antinorii (Black Lampeye) · A. brichardi (Brichard´s Lampeye) · A. bukobanus (Victoria Lampeye) · A. cameronensis · A. camerunensis (Cameroon Lampeye) · A. carlislei · A. centralis (Cental East African Lampeye) · A. dhonti · A. pfaffi · A. fuelleborni (Fuelleborns´s Lampeye) · A. hutereaui (Hutereau´s Lampeye) · A. jeanneli (Omo Lampeye) · A. kongoranensis · A. katangae (Blackstripe Lampeye) · A. kongoranensis (Kongoro Lampeye) · A. lacustris (Kibiti Lampeye) · A. loati · A. lualabaensis (Lualaba Lampeye) · A. luluae (Lulua River Lampeye) · A. luxophthalmus hannerzi (Hannerz' Lampeye) · A. luxophthalmus luxophthalmus (Hannerz' Lampeye) · A. rancureli · A. macrophthalmus hannerzi · A. macrophthalmus macrophthalmus (Lampeye Panchax) · A. macrophthalmus scheeli (Scheel's Lampeye) · A. macropthalmus · A. macrurus (White-Eye Topminnow) · A. maculatus (Spotted Lampeye) · A. maculatus lacustris (Kibiti Lampeye) · A. maculatus maculatus (Spotted Lampeye) · A. matthesi (Matthes' Lampeye) · A. meyburghi · A. moeruensis (Moero Lampeye) · A. myaposae (Natal Topminnow) · A. normani (Norman´s Lampeye) · A. omoculatus (Ruaha Lampeye) · A. pelagicus · A. pfaffi (Pfaff's Lampeye) · A. pumilus · A. rancureli (Rancurel's Lampeye) · A. rudolfianus (Lake Rudolf Lampeye) · A. pfaffi · A. schoitzi · A. sp. nov. 'Baringo' · A. sp. nov. 'Naivasha' · A. sp. nov. 'Rovuma' · A. spilauchen (Banded Lampeye) · A. spilauchena · A. stuhlmanni · A. usanguensis (Usangu Lampeye) · A. vitschumbaensis (Bitschumbi Lampeye)

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