Phalloptychus

Phalloptychus is a genus of poeciliids native to eastern and southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Phalloptychus
Phalloptychus eigenmanni, male in middle, female at bottom (Pamphorichthys hasemani, top)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Tribe: Cnesterodontini
Genus: Phalloptychus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
Type species
Girardinus januarius
Hensel, 1868[1]

Species

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

  • Phalloptychus eigenmanni Henn, 1916
  • Phalloptychus januarius (R. F. Hensel, 1868)
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References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Phalloptycus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Phalloptychus in FishBase. August 2012 version.


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