Striped panchax

Striped panchax
male of the golden variant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Aplocheilus
Species: A. lineatus
Binomial name
Aplocheilus lineatus
(Valenciennes, 1846)

The striped panchax (Aplocheilus lineatus) is a species of killifish, of the genus Aplocheilus. An aquarium variant of this species with a more yellowish coloration is known as golden wonder killifish. The striped panchax inhabits fresh and brackish waters of India and Sri Lanka. It is found in streams, rivers, swamps, and paddy fields. This fish grows to a length of 10 cm (3.9 in).[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Aplocheilus lineatus in FishBase. August 2012 version.
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