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Aplocheilidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Aplocheilidae

Name

Homonyms
Aplocheilidae
Common names
Aplocheilid Killifishes in English
Asian rivulines in English
Killifish in English
Panchaxes in English
almirantes in Spanish
almirantes in Spanish
aplochéilidés in French
aplochéilidés in French
egg-laying toothcarps in English
egg-laying toothcarps in English
halančíkovití in Czech
killifishes in English
rivulines in English
rivulines in English
szczupieńczykowate in Polish
vaanijat in Finnish
štikovcovití in Czech
Аплохейловые in Russian
Аплохейлові in Ukrainian
ปลาหัวตะกั่ว ฯลฯ in Thai
アプロケイルス科 in Japanese
killifishes in English

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL2006/FishBase
  2. CoL2006/FishBase
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. FishBase
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  6. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  7. Parenti, Lynne R. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Aplocheilidae: Egg-laying toothcarps. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 4: Bony fishes, part 2 (Mugilidae to Carangidae). 2197-2198.
  8. Parenti, Lynne R., 1981: A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of cyprinodontiform fishes (Teleostei, Atherinomorpha). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, vol. 168, pt. 4. 335-557.
  9. Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230.
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