Pamphorichthys is a genus of poeciliids native to the Amazon, Paraguay, São Francisco and Itapicuru basins in South America.
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| Pamphorichthys hasemani at the top (Phalloptychus eigenmanni, middle and bottom) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Tribe: | Poeciliini |
| Genus: | Pamphorichthys Regan, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Heterandria minor Garman, 1895[1]
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Some authorities consider Pamphorichthys to be a subgenus of Poecilia.[2]
Species
editThere are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Pamphorichthys araguaiensis W. J. E. M. Costa, 1991
- Pamphorichthys hasemani (Henn, 1916)
- Pamphorichthys hollandi (Henn, 1916)
- Pamphorichthys minor (Garman, 1895) (Mini-molly)
- Pamphorichthys pertapeh C. A. A. de Figueiredo, 2008
- Pamphorichthys scalpridens (Garman, 1895)
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pamphorichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Robert W. Meredith; Marcelo N. Pires; David N. Reznick; Mark S. Springer (2010). "Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships and the evolution of the placenta in Poecilia (Micropoecilia) (Poeciliidae:Cyprinodontiformes)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (2): 631–639. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.11.006. PMID 19922806.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pamphorichthys". FishBase. August 2012 version.
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