Pachypanchax sparksorum

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: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Pachypanchax
Species: Pachypanchax sparksorum

Name

Pachypanchax sparksorum Loiselle, 2006

Holotype: AMNH 235770. Paratypes: AMNH 235771 (9); UMMZ 240104 (8), 240415 (5).

Type locality: Bentainkilotra Creek, 14°52'20"S, 48°14'52"E, Ankofia River drainage, Madagascar.

Type catalog: Fricke et al. 2018:108

Etymology: The species name honors John S. and Karen Riseng Sparks, who first documented the presence of a distinctive Pachypanchax in the Ankofia drainage and collected much of the type series.

References

Primary references

Loiselle, P.V. 2006. A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species. Zootaxa 1366: 1–44. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. [see pages 30–34, figs. 15–16.]

Additional references

Fricke, R., Mahafina, J., Behivoke, F., Jaonalison, H., Léopold, M. & Ponton, D. 2018. Annotated checklist of the fishes of Madagascar, southwestern Indian Ocean, with 158 new records. FishTaxa v. 3 (no. 1): 1–432 [see page 108.]
Pachypanchax sparksorum in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 4, 2017.