Aphyosemion christyi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Aphyosemion
Species: Aphyosemion christyi

Name

Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915)

Lectotype: BMNH 1919.9.10.286. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1919.9.10.287-295 (now 8), MRAC 7244-7302 (59), ZMB [ex BMNH 1919.9.10.287-295] (1).

Type locality: Lindi River at Bafwasende, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Synonyms

• Haplochilus christyi Boulenger, 1915
• Aphyosemion elegans christyi (Boulenger, 1915)
• Panchax christyi (Boulenger, 1915)
• Aphyosemion margaretae Fowler, 1936

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1915. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). London. 3: i–xii + 1–526. BHL Reference page.  [see page 46.]
• Fowler, H.W. 1936. Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt African Expedition of 1934. Part III – The fresh water fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 88: 243–335. Reference page. 

Links

• Haplochilus christyi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 16, 2017.
• Aphyosemion christyi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Aphyosemion christyi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.