Ruwenzori lampeye

Ruwenzori lampeye
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Subfamily:	Procatopodinae
Tribe:	Procatopodini
Genus:	Platypanchax; C. G. E. Ahl, 1928
Species:	P. modestus
Binomial name
	Platypanchax modestus; (Pappenheim, 1914)
Synonyms
	Haplochilus modestus Pappenheim, 1914; Hypsopanchax modestus (Pappenheim, 1914); Haplochilus deprimozi Pellegrin, 1928; Aplocheilichthys deprimozi (Pellegrin, 1928); Hypsopanchax deprimozi (Pellegrin, 1928); Haplochilichthys analis Worthington, 1932; Aplocheilichthys analis (Worthington, 1932); Hypsopanchax analis (Worthington, 1932);

The Ruwenzori lampeye (Platypanchax modestus) is a species of poeciliid fish native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] It is found along lake shores and in the inflows of rivers.^[1]

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Ruwenzori lampeye
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Subfamily:	Procatopodinae
Tribe:	Procatopodini
Genus:	Platypanchax C. G. E. Ahl, 1928
Species:	P. modestus
Binomial name
*Platypanchax modestus* (Pappenheim, 1914)
Synonyms^[2]
Haplochilus modestus Pappenheim, 1914 Hypsopanchax modestus (Pappenheim, 1914) Haplochilus deprimozi Pellegrin, 1928 Aplocheilichthys deprimozi (Pellegrin, 1928) Hypsopanchax deprimozi (Pellegrin, 1928) Haplochilichthys analis Worthington, 1932 Aplocheilichthys analis (Worthington, 1932) Hypsopanchax analis (Worthington, 1932)