Pachypanchax omalonotus

Pachypanchax omalonotus, the powder-blue panchax, is a species of Aplocheilid killifish endemic to Madagascar where it is found on the island of Nosy Be and in the Sambirano River basin and adjacent streams on the mainland. Its natural habitat is rivers.

Pachypanchax omalonotus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aplocheilidae
Genus:	Pachypanchax
Species:	P. omalonotus
Binomial name
Pachypanchax omalonotus (A. H. A. Duméril, 1861)
Synonyms[2]
Poecilia omalonota Duméril, 1861 Aplocheilus omalonotus (Duméril, 1861) Poecilia nuchimaculata Guichenot, 1866 Haplochilus nuchimaculatus (Guichenot, 1866) Pachypanchax nuchimaculatus (Guichenot, 1866) Panchax nuchimaculatus (Guichenot, 1866)

References

1. Sparks, J.S. (2016). "Pachypanchax omalonota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T15838A58297009. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15838A58297009.en.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Pachypanchax omalonotus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.

• Loiselle, P. & participants of the CBSG/ANGAP CAMP "Faune de Madagascar" workshop 2004. Pachypanchax omalonotus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
• Loiselle, P. 2006. A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1366: 1–44 (2006)
• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pachypanchax omalonotus" in FishBase. August 2012 version.