FAMILY Aplocheilidae Bleeker 1859 - killifishes [Apalopterinae?, Aplocheilini] Notes: Apalopterinae? McClelland 1838:944 [ref. 2924] (subfamily) ? Aplocheilus [no stem of the type genus, not available, Article 11.7.1.1] Aplocheilini Bleeker 1859d:XXX [ref. 371] (cohors) Aplocheilus [changed to Haplochilinae by Garman 1895:93 [ref. 1538] (subfamily) based on Haplochilus family name sometimes seen as Haplocheilidae]

GENUS Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 - killifishes [=Aplocheilus (subgenus of Poecilia) McClelland [J.] 1839:301, 426, Odontopsis van Hasselt [J. C.] 1823:131, Panchax Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:380] Notes: [ref. 2923]. Masc. Aplocheilus chrysostigmus McClelland 1839. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Bleeker 1864:140 [ref. 4859]. Genus originally spelled Paecilia. Also in McClelland 1839:944 [ref. 2924] without species. Spelled Aplochelus by McClelland on p. 261. Haplochilus Agassiz 1846:29, 172 [ref. 64] is an unjustified emendation. Predated by Odontopsis van Hasselt 1823; see Roberts 1993:33 [ref. 21799]. Declared a nomen protectum by Kottelat 2013:299 [ref. 32989]. •Valid as Aplocheilus McClelland 1839 -- (Radda 1974:1 [ref. 30318], Jayaram 1981:294 [ref. 6497], Parenti 1981:471 [ref. 7066] with type as Esox panchax, Kottelat 1985:272 [ref. 11441], Kottelat 1989:16 [ref. 13605], Ataur Rahman 1989:62 [ref. 24860], Seegers 1997:7 [ref. 23895], Parenti 1999:2198 [ref. 24784], Lazara 2001:49 [ref. 25711], Ataur Rahman 2003:77 [ref. 31338], Huber 2005:14 [ref. 28394], Hertwig 2008:163 [ref. 29531], Shibukawa 2009:50 [ref. 30449], Kottelat 2013:299 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus McClelland 1839. Aplocheilidae. (Odontopsis) [ref. 5963]. Fem. Odontopsis armata van Hasselt 1823. Type by monotypy. Regarded as available, but description very brief. See Kottelat 1987:370 [ref. 5962]. ee also Heber 2006:18 [ref. 28935]. Declared a nomen protectum by Kottelat 2013:299 [ref. 32989]. •Same as, and predates Aplocheilus McClelland 1839 -- (Roberts 1993:33 [ref. 21799] who follows current usage in continuing to use Aplocheilus, Lazara 2001:49 [ref. 25711]). •Synonym of Aplocheilus McClelland 1838 -- (Kottelat 2013:299 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus McClelland 1839. Aplocheilidae. (Panchax) [ref. 1011]. Masc. Panchax buchanani Valenciennes 1846 (= Esox panchax Hamilton 1822). Type is panchax by absolute tautonymy of senior objective synonym, Valenciennes' P. buchanani is an unneeded replacement for E. panchax. Not lineatum as designated by Bleeker 1864:140 [ref. 4859]. •Synonym of Aplocheilus McClelland 1839 -- (Parenti 1981:471 [ref. 7066], Lazara 2001:49 [ref. 25711], Kottelat 2013:299 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus Mcclelland 1839. Aplocheilidae. Species Aplocheilus andamanicus (Kohler, 1906 [=Haplochilus andamanicus Köhler [W.] (ex Day) 1906:388] Notes: [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 17 (no. 39); ref. 25871] Andamanen [Andamans / Andaman Islands, India]. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus andamanicus (Köhler 1906). Aplocheilidae. Distribution: South Andaman Island, Andaman and Nicobar Union Territory, India. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt, 1823) [=Odontopsis armata van Hasselt [J. C.] 1823:131, Aplocheilus panchax dorsomarginatus Klausewitz [W.] 1957:196, Fig. 2, Pl. 17 (fig. 2), Panchax kuhlii Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:384, Panchax melanotopterus Bleeker [P.] 1849:22, Aplocheilus panchax rubropunctatus Meinken [H.] 1964:143, Fig., Aplocheilus panchax siamensis Scheel [J. J.] 1968:398] Notes: [Algemeene Konst- en Letter-bode voor het Jaar II Deel (no. 35); ref. 5963] Rivers of Bogor, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt 1823). Aplocheilidae. Distribution: South-east Asia: Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater. (dorsomarginatus) [Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 38 (nos 3/4); ref. 12152] South peninsula, Patalung District, Thailand. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt 1823). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater. (kuhlii) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt 1823). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater. (melanotopterus) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 12); ref. 16883] Kalimas River, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt 1823). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater. (rubropunctatus) [Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) v. 17 (no. 5); ref. 2534] Southeastern Thailand. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt 1823). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater. (siamensis) [Rivulins of the Old World; ref. 7644] Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus armatus (van Hasselt 1823). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Aplocheilus blockii (Arnold, 1911) [=Haplochilus panchax var. blockii Arnold [J. P.] 1911:672, Fig. 3] Notes: [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 8 (no. 46); ref. 22856] Sri Lanka. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus blockii Arnold 1911. Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Aplocheilus dayi (Steindachner, 1892) [=Haplochilus (Panchax) dayi Steindachner [F.] 1892:376 [20] [131], Pl. 1 (figs. 2-2a)] Notes: [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 59 (1. Abth.); ref. 14517] Sri Lanka, India and Malay Peninsula. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus dayi Steindachner 1892. Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Sri Lanka, India and Malay Peninsula. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Species Aplocheilus kirchmayeri Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1986 [=Aplocheilus kirchmayeri Berkenkamp [H. O.] & Etzel [V.] 1986:35, Figs.] Notes: [Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal v. 18 (no. 3); ref. 21418] Goa, between Margao (Madgaon) and Colva-Strand, southwestern India, 15°18'N, 73°57'E. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus kirchmayeri Berkenkamp & Etzel 1986. Aplocheilidae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846) [=Panchax lineatum Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:381, Pl. 546, Aplocheilus affinis Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:331, Haplochilus rubropictus Stansch [A. C.] in Radda 1973:50, Aplocheilus rubrostigma Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:331, Aplocheilus vittatus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:330] Notes: [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Mumbai, India. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes 1846). Aplocheilidae. Distribution: India and Sri Lanka. Introduced in Singapore. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (affinis) [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Malabar, India. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes 1846). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (rubropictus) [Aquaria: Vivaristische Fachzeitschrift für die Schweiz und Österreich v. 20 (no. 4); ref. 25870] Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes 1846). Aplocheilidae. (rubrostigma) [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Malabar, southern India. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes 1846). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater. (vittatus) [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Malabar, southern India. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes 1846). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Species Aplocheilus luluae Fowler, 1930 [=Aplocheilus luluae Fowler [H. W.] 1930:42, Fig. 11] Notes: [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 82; ref. 1406] Lulua River, Democratic Republic of Congo. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilichthys luluae (Fowler 1930). Poeciliidae: Aplocheilichthyinae. Distribution: Central Africa. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton, 1822) [=Esox panchax Hamilton [F.] 1822:211, 380, Pl. 3 (fig. 69), Panchax buchanani Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1846:383, Aplocheilus chrysostigmus McClelland [J.] 1839:301, 426, Pl. 42 (fig. 2), Aplocheilus panchax dorsomarginatus Klausewitz [W.] 1957:196, Fig. 2, Pl. 17 (fig. 2), Haplochilus panchax var. lutescens Köhler [W.] 1906:389, Fig., Haplochilus panchax var. marginatus Köhler [W.] 1907:17, Haplochilus panchax var. mattei Köhler [W.] 1906:389, Fig.] Notes: [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ditches and ponds of Bengal. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (buchanani) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Bengal, India. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (chrysostigmus) [Asiatic Researches v. 19 (pt 2); ref. 2923] Sunderbuns and ponds about Calcutta, India. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (kuhlii) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 18; ref. 1011] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (lutescens) [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 17 (no. 39); ref. 25871] New Goa (Panaji, Goa State) and further south, India. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (marginatus) [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 18; ref. 25872] Sri Lanka [apparently erroneous]. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (mattei) [Blätter für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 17 (no. 39); ref. 25871] Mumbai, Maharashtra State, possibly south to New Goa, Goa State, India. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (melanotopterus) [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 23 (no. 12); ref. 16883] Kalimas River, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (rubropunctatus) [Die Aquarien- und Terrarien Zeitschrift (Stuttgart) v. 17 (no. 5); ref. 2534] Southeastern Thailand. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (siamensis) [Rivulins of the Old World; ref. 7644] Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton 1822). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Species Aplocheilus parvus (Sundara Raj, 1916) [=Panchax parvus Sundara Raj [B.] 1916:268, Pl. 25 (figs. 2, 8), 26 (fig. 11), Haplochilus panchax var. madrensis Schermer [E.] 1924:205] Notes: [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 12 (pt 6); ref. 20749] Madras, India. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus parvus (Sundara Raj 1916). Aplocheilidae. Distribution: India and Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater, brackish. (madrensis) [Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde v. 21 (no. 9); ref. 25873] Madras, India. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus parvus (Sundara Raj 1916). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Species Aplocheilus werneri Meinken, 1966 [=Aplocheilus werneri Meinken [H.] 1966:76, fig'd, Aplocheilus jonklaasi Cahalan [T. L.] (ex Turner) 1973:13] Notes: [Aquarien Terrarien v. 13 (no. 3); ref. 19860] Sri Lanka. Current status: Valid as Aplocheilus werneri Meinken 1966. Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Sri Lanka. Habitat: freshwater. (jonklaasi) [Killie Notes, American Killifish Association v. 6 (no. 10); ref. 25874] Southern Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Current status: Synonym of Aplocheilus werneri Meinken 1966. Aplocheilidae.

GENUS Pachypanchax Myers, 1933 - killifishes [=Pachypanchax Myers [G. S.] 1933:1] Notes: [ref. 3105]. Masc. Haplochilus playfairii Günther 1866. Type by original designation. •Valid as Pachypanchax Myers 1933 – (Parenti 1981:473 [ref. 7066], Wildekamp et al. 1986:274 [ref. 6198], Poll & Gosse 1995:211 [ref. 24781], Seegers 1997:13 [ref. 23895], Lazara 2001:245 [ref. 25711], Huber 2005:14 [ref. 28394], Loiselle 2006:2 [ref. 28902], Hertwig 2008:163 [ref. 29531], Neumann 2015:1 [ref. 33718]). Current status: Valid as Pachypanchax Myers 1933. Aplocheilidae.

Species Pachypanchax arnoulti Loiselle, 2006 [=Pachypanchax arnoulti Loiselle [P. V.] 2006:34, Figs. 17-18] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1366; ref. 28902] Swamp draining into tributary stream of Ikopa River, flowing parallel to RN-4 at Antanimbray village, 17°10'79"S, 46°50'97"E, Betsiboka River drainage, Madagascar, elevation 246 meters. Current status: Valid as Pachypanchax arnoulti Loiselle 2006. Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Pachypanchax omalonotus (Dumeril, 1861) [=Poecilia omalonota Duméril [A. H. A.] 1861:257, Pl. 22 (fig. 7), Poecilia nuchimaculata Guichenot [A.] 1866:143] Notes: [Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 10 [for 1858]; ref. 1149] Nosy Be [Nossi-Bé], northern Madagascar, 12°42'S, 48°16'E. Current status: Valid as Pachypanchax omalonotus (Duméril 1861). Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater. (nuchimaculata) [Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Sciences Naturelles de Cherbourg v. 12 (= Ser. 2, v. 2); ref. 14054] Madagascar. Current status: Synonym of Pachypanchax omalonotus (Duméril 1861). Aplocheilidae. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Pachypanchax patriciae Loiselle, 2006 [=Pachypanchax patriciae Loiselle [P. V.] 2006:25, Figs. 11-13] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1366; ref. 28902] Ampandra River, about 2 kilometers upstream of village of same name, 13°24'90"S, 48°50'20"E, Madagascar, elevation 44 meters. Current status: Valid as Pachypanchax patriciae Loiselle 2006. Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Pachypanchax playfairii (Gunther, 1866) [=Haplochilus playfairii Günther [A.] 1866:314] Notes: [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 6; ref. 1983] Seychelles. Current status: Valid as Pachypanchax playfairii (Günther 1866). Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Seychelles. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

Species Pachypanchax sakaramyi (Holly, 1928) [=Panchax sakaramyi Holly [M.] 1928:313, Fig. 2] Notes: [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 76 (nos 11/12) (art. 9); ref. 15854] Sakaramy River at village of Sakaramy, about 30 kilometers south of Antsiranana (Diego Suarez), 12°27'S, 49°16'E, Madagascar, elevation 500 meters. Current status: Valid as Pachypanchax sakaramyi (Holly 1928). Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Pachypanchax sparksorum Loiselle, 2006 [=Pachypanchax sparksorum Loiselle [P. V.] 2006:30, Figs. 15-16] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1366; ref. 28902] Bentainkilotra Creek, 14°52'20"S, 48°14'52"E, Ankofia River drainage, Madagascar. Current status: Valid as Pachypanchax sparksorum Loiselle 2006. Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater.

Species Pachypanchax varatraza Loiselle, 2006 [=Pachypanchax varatraza Loiselle [P. V.] 2006:20, Figs. 8-10] Notes: [Zootaxa No. 1366; ref. 28902] Mahazava Creek at village of same name, 13°52'97"S, 49°56'22"E, Ampanobe drainage, Madagascar, elevation 30 meters. Current status: Valid as Pachypanchax varatraza Loiselle 2006. Aplocheilidae. Distribution: Madagascar. Habitat: freshwater

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Unavailable names, uncertain taxa javanica, Homalopsis Kuhl [H.] & van Hasselt [J. C.] in Bleeker 1850:22 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 24 (6); ref. 13275] Not available, name mentioned in synonymy of Panchax melanotopterus Bleeker 1849. •Nomen nudum -- (Lazara 2001:51 [ref. 25711]). Aplocheilidae.