Hypsopanchax
Genus of fishes
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Hypsopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Middle Africa.[2]
| Hypsopanchax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinodontoidei |
| Family: | Procatopodidae |
| Subfamily: | Procatopodinae |
| Genus: | Hypsopanchax G. S. Myers, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Haplochilus platysternus Nichols & Griscom 1917[1] | |
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981 (Chain lampeye)
- Hypsopanchax jobaerti Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965
- Hypsopanchax jubbi Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 (Southern deepbody)
- Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Zaire lampeye)
- Hypsopanchax stiassnyae van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi, 2015[3]
- Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929) (Zebra lampeye)
