Hypsopanchax Explained

Hypsopanchax is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Middle Africa.

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

• Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981 (Chain lampeye)
• Hypsopanchax jobaerti Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965
• Hypsopanchax jubbi Poll & J. G. Lambert, 1965 (Southern deepbody)
• Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917) (Zaire lampeye)
• Hypsopanchax stiassnyae van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi, 2015^[1]
• Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929) (Zebra lampeye)

Notes and References

1. van der Zee, J.R., Sonnenberg, R. & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, J.J. (2015): Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (1): 87-96.