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poeciliid The Poeciliidae are a family of freshwater fishes of the order Cyprinodontiformes, the tooth-carps, and include well-known live-bearing aquarium fish, such as the guppy, molly, platy, and swordtail. The original distribution of the family was t ...

s native to

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Species

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Micropanchax antinorii ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * '' Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * ''Micropanchax bracheti'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * ''Micropanchax ...

'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * ''

Micropanchax bracheti ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * '' Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * '' Micropanchax bracheti'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * ''Micropanchax ...

'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * ''

Micropanchax camerunensis ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * '' Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * '' Micropanchax bracheti'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * '' Micropancha ...

'' ( Radda, 1971) (Cameroon lampeye) * ''

Micropanchax ehrichi ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * '' Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * '' Micropanchax bracheti'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * ''Micropanchax ...

'' ( Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1994) * ''

Micropanchax fuelleborni The Lake Rukwa lampeye (''Micropanchax fuelleborni'') is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers, freshwater marshes, and intermittent freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This sp ...

'' (Ahl, 1924) (Lake Rukwa lampeye) * ''

Micropanchax hutereaui The mesh-scaled topminnow (''Micropanchax hutereaui'') is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. The two population groups are a southern group of populations found in Angola, Botswana, the Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zam ...

'' (Boulenger, 1913) (mesh-scaled topminnow) * ''

Micropanchax johnstoni ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * '' Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * '' Micropanchax bracheti'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * ''Micropanchax ...

'' (Günther, 1894) (Johnston's topminnow) * ''

Micropanchax keilhacki ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * '' Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * '' Micropanchax bracheti'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * ''Micropanchax ...

'' ( C. G. E. Ahl, 1928) * ''

Micropanchax kingii ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * ''Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * ''Micropanchax bracheti'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * ''Micropanchax c ...

'' (Boulenger, 1913) * ''

Micropanchax loati The Nile killifish (''Micropanchax loati''), also known as the Nile lampeye, is a species of killifish from the family Poeciliidae. It is found in the White Nile drainage in Sudan, the Nile Delta in Egypt, the Wembere and Malagarasi Rivers in Tan ...

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, 1901) (Nile killifish) * ''

Micropanchax pfaffi ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * ''Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * ''Micropanchax bracheti'' ( Berkenkamp, 1983) * ''Micropanchax c ...

'' ( Daget, 1954) (Pfaff's lampeye) * ''

Micropanchax rudolfianus The Lake Rudolf lampeye (''Micropanchax rudolfianus'') is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to Lake Turkana (formerly known as Lake Rudolf) in Kenya and south western Ethiopia. Within the lake it is found in shallow water ...

'' (Worthington, 1932) (Lake Rudolf lampeye) * ''

Micropanchax scheeli ''Micropanchax'' is a genus of poeciliids native to Africa. Species The 13 recognized species in this genus are: * ''Micropanchax antinorii'' (Vinciguerra, 1883) (black lampeye) * ''Micropanchax bracheti'' (Heinz Otto Berkenkamp, Berkenkamp, 19 ...

'' ( Román, 1971) (Scheel's lampeye) ''

Laciris pelagicus ''Laciris pelagicus'' is a species of poeciliid found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. It is endemic to Lake Edward where it is found near the surface in open water. This species grows to a total length of . It was formerly in ...

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, 1932), formerly placed here, is now in ''Laciris''.

References

Poeciliidae Fish of Africa Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by George S. Myers Ray-finned fish genera {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub