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Asian Panchaxes
Aplocheilus
Aplocheilus is a genus of killifish in the family Aplocheilidae. Their native range is in South and Southeast Asia, from Pakistan to Vietnam and Malaysia, and from Nepal to Sri Lanka. Several species, especially the striped panchax, A. lineatus, are important aquarium fishes.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Whitespot
speciesAplocheilus armatus

Striped Panchax
speciesAplocheilus lineatus

Blue Panchax
speciesAplocheilus panchax

Green Panchax
speciesAplocheilus blockii

Ceylon killifish
speciesAplocheilus dayi

Dwarf panchax
speciesAplocheilus parvus

Aplocheilus kirchmayeri
speciesAplocheilus kirchmayeri

Aplocheilus werneri
speciesAplocheilus werneri

Aplocheilus andamanicus
speciesAplocheilus andamanicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86555.