Rhexipanchax

Rhexipanchax is a genus of poeciliid fishes native to tropical West Africa.

Rhexipanchax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Procatopodinae
Tribe: Procatopodini
Genus: Rhexipanchax
Huber, 1999
Type species
Haplochilichthys nimbaensis
Daget, 1948[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Rhexipanchax kabae (Daget, 1962)
  • Rhexipanchax lamberti (Daget, 1962) (Lambert's lampeye)
  • Rhexipanchax nimbaensis (Daget, 1948) (Mt. Nimba lampeye)
  • Rhexipanchax schioetzi (Scheel, 1968) (Schiötz' lampeye)

References
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Rhexipanchax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Rhexipanchax in FishBase. August 2012 version.


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