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Species related to Foerschichthys flavipinnis: [ 2 ] records


flavipinnis, Aplocheilichthys Meinken [H.] 1932:54, Fig. 2 [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 43 (no. 4); ref. 16502] Near Lagos, about 6°27'N, 3°23'E, southwestern Nigeria. Lectotype: ZMB 31420. Paralectotypes: ZMB 31421 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:149 [ref. 19981]. Lectotype selected by Paepke & Seegers 1986:149 [ref. 19981]. •Possible synonym of Aplocheilichthys pfaffi Daget 1954 -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:181 [ref. 6198]). •Valid as Foerschichthys flavipinnis (Meinken 1932) -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:262 [ref. 6198], Paugy & Bénech 1989:303 [ref. 26478], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:639 [ref. 21590], Poll & Gosse 1995:213 [ref. 24781], Wildekamp 1996:148 [ref. 23649], Seegers 1997:16 [ref. 23895], Lazara 2001:123 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Valid as Foerschichthys flavipinnis (Meinken 1932). Nothobranchiidae. Distribution: West-central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

nigeriensis, Panchax Brüning [C.] 1929:419, Fig. 1 [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 26 (no. 27); ref. 30916] West Africa. See Huber 2000:46 [ref. 24475]. •Forgotten name in the synonymy of the younger Foerschichthys flavipinnis (Meinken 1932) -- (Lazara 2001:123 [ref. 25711]). Nomen Oblitum. Current status: Synonym of Foerschichthys flavipinnis (Meinken 1932). Nothobranchiidae. Habitat: freshwater.


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