''Pantanodon'' is a genus of
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
East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the historical ...
and
Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
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Pantanodon madagascariensis
''Pantanodon madagascariensis'' is an extinct species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. It was endemic to eastern Madagascar. Its natural habitats were rivers and swamps. It became extinct due to habitat loss and competition from introduced sp ...
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( Arnoult, 1963)
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Pantanodon stuhlmanni
The eastcoast lampeye (''Pantanodon stuhlmanni'') is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to coastal Kenya and Tanzania, where found in brackish water, mangrove swamps, pools, lagoons and river deltas. It reaches up to in ...
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( C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Eastcoast lampeye)
References
Poeciliidae
Fish of Africa
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by George S. Myers
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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