Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Sort Lampe, Sort lampeøje
Common Names in English:
Black lampeye
Common Names in Finnish:
Mustat, Mustatähtisilmä
Common Names in German:
Schwarzer Leuchtaugenfisch
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
恩氏灯鮰, 恩氏燈鮰
Description
Physical Description
Size/Age/Growth
Males are commonly 3 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 4 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
It is found in standing waters
.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) [more info]
Biology
Migration
Non-migratory.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- 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
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Berg, 1940
- Family:
Poeciliidae
()
- Garman, 1895
- Subfamily:
Aplocheilichthyinae
()
- Genus:
Aplocheilichthys
()
- Bleeker, 1863
- Specific name:
antinorii
- Scientific name: - Aplocheilichthys antinorii (Vinciguerra, 1883)
- Specific name:
antinorii
- Genus:
Aplocheilichthys
(
- Subfamily:
Aplocheilichthyinae
(
- Family:
Poeciliidae
(
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aplocheilichthys antinorii • Fundulus antinorii (Vinciguerra • Haplochilichthys antinorii (Vinciguerra • Haplochilus antinorii • Haplochilus antinorii Vinciguerra • Haplochilus antinorii Vinciguerra, 1883 • Lacustricola antinorii (Vinciguerra • Micropanchax antinorii (Vinciguerra
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 18-May-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Aplocheilichthys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. antinorii (Black Lampeye) · A. brichardi (Brichard's Lampeye) · A. bukobanus (Bukoba Lampeye) · A. cameronensis (Cameroon Lampeye) · A. camerunensis (Cameroon Lampeye) · A. carlislei (Hummingbird Lampeye) · A. centralis (Central East African Lampeye) · A. fuelleborni (Fuelleborns´s Lampeye) · A. hutereaui (Hutereau´s Lampeye) · A. jeanneli (Omo Lampeye) · A. johnstoni (Johnston's Topminnow) · A. katangae (Lulua River Lamprey) · A. kongoranensis (Lambert's Lampeye) · A. lacustris (Kibiti Lampeye) · A. loati (Nile Killifish) · A. lualabaensis (Lualaba Lampeye) · A. luluae (Lulua River Lampeye) · A. luxophthalmus hannerzi (Hannerz' Lampeye) · A. luxophthalmus luxophthalmus (Hannerz' Lampeye) · A. macrophthalmus macrophthalmus (Lampeye Panchax) · A. macrophthalmus scheeli (Scheel's Lampeye) · A. macrurus (Big Tailed Lampeye) · A. maculatus (Spotted Lampeye) · A. maculatus lacustris (Kibiti Lampeye) · A. maculatus maculatus (Spotted Lampeye) · A. matthesi (Matthes' Lampeye) · A. moeruensis (Mweru Lampeye) · A. myaposae (Natal Topminnow) · A. myersi (Hummingbird Lampeye) · A. nigrolateralis (Mt. Nimba Lampeye) · A. normani (Norman´s Lampeye) · A. omoculatus (Ruaha Lampeye) · A. pfaffi (Pfaff's Lampeye) · A. pumilus (Tanganyika Lampeye) · A. rancureli (Rancurel's Lampeye) · A. rudolfianus (Lake Rudolf Lampeye) · A. schalleri (Schiötz' Lampeye) · A. spilauchen (Banded Lampeye) · A. spilauchena (Banded Lampeye) · A. sp. nov. 'Rovuma' (Rovuma Topminnow) · A. usanguensis (Usangu Lampeye) · A. vitschumbaensis (Bitschumbi Lampeye)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
- Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Getahun, A. 2010. Aplocheilichthys antinorii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 120280
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27432
- Fishbase Species ID: 9653
- IUCN ID: 192039
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102452
Footnotes
- Getahun, A. 2010. Aplocheilichthys antinorii. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
