Procatopodinae Explained

Procatopodinae is a subfamily of the family Poeciliidae, the "livebearers", in the order Cyprinodontiformes.^[1] Some authorities treat this subfamily as a family, the Procatopodidae, including the banded lampeye.^[2]

Subdivisions

The subfamily Procatopodinae is divided into two tribes and 11 genera:^[1]

• Tribe Fluviphylacini Roberts, 1970
  • Fluviphylax Whitley, 1920
• Tribe Procatopodini Fowler, 1916
  • Aapticheilichthys Huber, 2011
  • Micropanchax Myers, 1924
  • Lacustricola Myers, 1924
  • Poropanchax Clausen, 1967
  • Platypanchax Ahl, 1928
  • Lamprichthys Regan 1911
  • Pantanodon Myers, 1955
  • Hypsopanchax Myers, 1924
  • Procatopus Boulenger, 1904
  • Plataplochilus Ahl, 1928
  • Rhexipanchax Huber, 1999

Notes and References

1. Book: Fishes of the World . 5th . J. S. Nelson . T. C. Grande . M. V. H. Wilson . 2016 . 371 . Wiley . 978-1-118-34233-6 .
2. Pedro Bragança . Wilson J E M Costa . amp . 2019 . Multigene fossil-calibrated analysis of the African lampeyes (Cyprinodontoidei: Procatopodidae) reveals an early Oligocene origin and Neogene diversification driven by palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic events . Organisms Diversity & Evolution . 19 . 2 . 303–320. 10.1007/s13127-019-00396-1 . Abstract