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Species related to Poropanchax luxophthalmus: [ 4 ] records


dispar, Aplocheilichthys Gras [R.] 1961:408, Fig. 4 [Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 32 (no. 5) (1960); ref. 1876] Near Bokoutou train station, a few kilometers east of Sakété, near the Nigeria border, Benin [Dahomey]. Syntypes: (59) MNHN 1960-0393 (50). Type catalog: Blanc 1961:272 [ref. 20870]. •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus Meinken 1932 -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:177 [ref. 6198], Lévèque et al. 1991:144 [ref. 31367], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:623 [ref. 21590], Lazara 2001:41 [ref. 25711]). •Synonym of Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929). Current status: Synonym of Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929). Procatopodidae: Procatopodinae. Habitat: freshwater.

hannerzi, Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus Scheel [J. J.] 1968:16, Fig. 10 [Journal of the American Killifish Association v. 5 (no. 2); ref. 19475] Small brook crossing road between Port Harcourt and Abá, eastern Nigeria. Holotype: ZMUC P352574. Paratypes: ZMUC P352575-81 (6). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:55 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus Meinken 1932 -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:177 [ref. 6198]). •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus Meinken 1932, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:624 [ref. 21590], Lazara 2001:41 [ref. 25711]). •Valid as Poropanchax hannerzi (Scheel 1968) -- (Huber 1999:61 [ref. 25500], Huber 1999:59 [ref. 23835]). •Synonym of Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929). Current status: Synonym of Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929). Procatopodidae: Procatopodinae. Habitat: freshwater.

luxophthalmus, Fundulopanchax Brüning [C.] 1929:356, Fig. 1 [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 26 (no. 23); ref. 21039] West Africa (probably surroundings of Lagos, Nigeria). whereabouts unknown. •In the synonymy of Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus Meinken 1932 as a forgotten name -- (Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:623 [ref. 21590], Lazara 2001:41 [ref. 25711]). •See Huber 2000:46 [ref. 24475]. •Valid as Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929) -- (Wildekamp & Malumbres 2004:65 [ref. 27740], van der Zee et al. 2007:55 [ref. 30034], van der Zee et al. 2019:8 [ref. 37017]). Current status: Valid as Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929). Procatopodidae: Procatopodinae. Distribution: Benin and Nigeria, West Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

macrophthalmus, Aplocheilichthys Meinken [H.] 1932:53, Fig. 1 [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 43 (no. 4); ref. 16502] Near Lagos, Nigeria. Lectotype: ZMB 31418. Paralectotypes: MNHN 1960-0393 (50), ZMB 31419 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:149 [ref. 19981]. Lectotype selected in Paepke & Seegers 1986:149 [ref. 19981]. •Valid as Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus Meinken 1932 -- (Berkenkamp & Etzel 1982:72 [ref. 30501], Wildekamp et al. 1986:177 [ref. 6198], Lévèque et al. 1991:144 [ref. 31367], Romand in Lévêque et al. 1992:623 [ref. 21590]). •Synonym of Aplocheilichthys luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929) -- (authors). •Valid as Poropanchax macrophthalmus (Meinken 1932) -- (Huber 1999:61 [ref. 25500], Huber 1999:59 [ref. 23835]). •Valid as Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus Meinken 1932, subspecies macrophthalmus Meinken 1932 -- (Lazara 2001:41 [ref. 25711]). •Valid as Micropanchax macrophthalmus (Meinken 1932) -- (Ghedotti 2000:38 [ref. 27228]). •Synonym of Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929) -- (Wildekamp & Malumbres 2004:62 [ref. 27740], van der Zee et al. 2019:8 [ref. 37017]). Current status: Synonym of Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929). Procatopodidae: Procatopodinae. Habitat: freshwater.


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