WoRMS taxon details
Aplocheilidae Bleeker, 1859
- Subfamily Aplocheilinae
- Genus Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839
- Genus Pachypanchax Myers, 1933
- Subfamily Rivulinae
- Genus Rivulichthys Myers, 1927 accepted as Trigonectes Myers, 1925
- Genus Aplocheitus accepted as Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Aplochielus accepted as Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Aplochilus accepted as Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Haplocheilus accepted as Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 (misspelling)
- Genus Homalopsis (unaccepted > nomen nudum, Manuscript unpublished name)
- Genus Odontopsis van Hasselt, 1823 accepted as Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839
- Genus Panchax Valenciennes, 1846 accepted as Aplocheilus McClelland, 1839 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Pseudepiplatys Clausen, 1967 accepted as Epiplatys Gill, 1862 (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Aplocheilidae Bleeker, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154441 on 2026-06-06
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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