Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Procatopodidae African lampeyes
Subfamily: Procatopodinae
Genus: Micropanchax

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11 species (see list below)
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Photo by Grimm, M.

Africa
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Micropanchax antinorii (Vinciguerra, 1883)

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Micropanchax antinorii
[Black lampeye]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Micropanchax bracheti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm TL
 
Micropanchax camerunensis
[Cameroon lampeye]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Micropanchax ehrichi
[]

Photo by Seegers, L.

Africa
Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
Micropanchax fuelleborni (Ahl, 1924)

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Micropanchax fuelleborni
[Lake Rukwa lampeye]

Photo by Gratwicke, B.

Africa
Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
Micropanchax johnstoni (Günther, 1894)

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Micropanchax johnstoni
[Johnston's topminnow]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm TL
 
Micropanchax keilhacki
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm TL
 
Micropanchax kingii
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

Africa
Max. Length 4 cm TL
Micropanchax loati (Boulenger, 1901)

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Micropanchax loati
[Nile killifish]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Micropanchax pfaffi
[Pfaff's lampeye]

Photo by KMFRI

Africa
Max. Length 3 cm TL
Micropanchax rudolfianus (Worthington, 1932)

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Micropanchax rudolfianus
[Lake Rudolf lampeye]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Micropanchax antinorii Black lampeye Africa 4.5 TL 1883
Micropanchax bracheti Africa 4 TL 1983
Micropanchax camerunensis Cameroon lampeye Africa 3 TL 1971
Micropanchax ehrichi Africa 4 TL 1994
Micropanchax fuelleborni Lake Rukwa lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1924
Micropanchax johnstoni Johnston's topminnow Africa 8.5 TL 1894
Micropanchax keilhacki Africa 2.5 TL 1928
Micropanchax kingii Africa 4 TL 1913
Micropanchax loati Nile killifish Africa 4 TL 1901
Micropanchax pfaffi Pfaff's lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1954
Micropanchax rudolfianus Lake Rudolf lampeye Africa 3 TL 1932



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