Procatopus
Sign in to saveProcatopus is a genus of poeciliid fishes native to tropical freshwater habitats in Cameroon and Nigeria.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyPoeciliidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded933
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 66
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Collections
- CUMV, USNM, MCZ
- Recorded in
- Cameroon
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Procatopodinae
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- taxon name
- Procatopus
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Procatopus is a genus of poeciliid fishes native to tropical freshwater habitats in Cameroon and Nigeria.
==Species== There are currently three recognized species in this genus: Procatopus aberrans C. G. E. Ahl, 1927 (Bluegreen lampeye) Procatopus nototaenia Boulenger, 1904 (Large finned lampeye) Procatopus similis C. G. E. Ahl, 1927 (Variable lampeye)
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