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Lake Rukwa lampeye

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Species of fish

Lake Rukwa lampeye
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Genus: Micropanchax
Species: M. fuelleborni
Binomial name
Micropanchax fuelleborni
(C. G. E. Ahl, 1924)
Synonyms

Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni Ahl, 1924

The Lake Rukwa lampeye (Micropanchax fuelleborni) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species occurs in central Africa in Lake Rukwa, Tanzania, the Malagarasi River, Wembere River system and the upper basin of the Congo River. Its specific name honours the German physician and zoologist Friedrich Fülleborn (1866-1933), who collected the type.

References

  1. FishBase team RMCA & Geelhand, D. (2016). "Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60423A47188213. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Micropanchax fuelleborni". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families POECILIIDAE, ANABLEPIDAE, VALENCIIDAE, APHANIIDAE and PROCATOPODIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni


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