Procatopus

Procatopus is a genus of poeciliid fishes native to tropical freshwater habitats in Cameroon and Nigeria.

Procatopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Poeciliidae
Subfamily: Procatopodinae
Tribe: Procatopodini
Genus: Procatopus
Boulenger, 1904
Type species
Procatopus nototaenia
Boulenger 1904[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Procatopus aberrans C. G. E. Ahl, 1927 (Bluegreen lampeye)
  • Procatopus nototaenia Boulenger, 1904 (Large finned lampeye)
  • Procatopus similis C. G. E. Ahl, 1927 (Variable lampeye)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Procatopus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Procatopus in FishBase. April 2017 version.


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