Procatopus similis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei

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: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Procatopodinae
Genus: Procatopus
Species: Procatopus similis

Name

Procatopus similis Ahl, 1927

• Lectotype: ZMB 21042 [ex ZMB 17774]. Paralectotypes: (should be 3) ZMB 31335 [ex ZMB 17774 and 21042] (5), MNHN 1936-0037 [ex ZMB] (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:22.
• Type locality: Ossidinge, Cameroon.

Synonyms

• Procatopus abbreviatus Pellegrin, 1929
• Procatopus glaucicaudis Clausen, 1959
• Procatopus lacustris Trewavas, 1974

References

• Ahl, E. 1927. Neue afrikanische Fische der Familien Anabantidae und Cyprinodontidae. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für naturforschende Freunde zu Berlin 1927: 76–81. Reference page. 

Links

• Procatopus similis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 16, 2015.
• Procatopus similis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Procatopus similis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.