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'''Aplocheilidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[fish]] in the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Cyprinodontiformes]] found in [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[South America]]. This family-group name is well-established, making its use as a single aplocheiloid family more stable along time, besides avoiding the impact of a new name at the family rank for a popular [[aquarium fish]] group.<ref name=Laan2014>van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. (2014): [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03882p230.pdf Family-group names of Recent fishes.] ''Zootaxa, 3882 (2): 1–230.''</ref> Following this proposal, Aplocheilidae includes three subfamilies: Aplocheilinae <small>Bleeker, 1859</small>; Cynolebiinae <small>Hoedeman, 1961</small> and Nothobranchiinae <small>Garman, 1895</small>.<ref name=Costa2016/>
'''Aplocheilidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[fish]] in the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Cyprinodontiformes]] found in [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[South America]]. This family-group name is well-established, making its use as a single aplocheiloid family more stable along time, besides avoiding the impact of a new name at the family rank for a popular [[aquarium fish]] group.<ref name=Laan2014>van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. (2014): [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/zt03882p230.pdf Family-group names of Recent fishes.] ''Zootaxa, 3882 (2): 1–230.''</ref> Following this proposal, Aplocheilidae includes three subfamilies: [[Aplocheilidae|Aplocheilinae]] <small>Bleeker, 1859</small>; [[Rivulidae|Cynolebiinae]] <small>Hoedeman, 1961</small> and [[Nothobranchiinae|Nothobranchiinae]] <small>Garman, 1895</small>.<ref name=Costa2016/>


==Genera==
==Genera==

Revision as of 19:38, 19 April 2017

Aplocheilidae
Aphyosemion elberti
Austrolebias quirogai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Suborder: Aplocheiloidei
Family: Aplocheilidae
Bleeker, 1859
Synonyms

Cynolebiidae Hoedeman, 1961 [1]
Nothobranchiidae Garman, 1895 [1]
Rivulidae Myers, 1925 [1]

Aplocheilidae is a family of fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes found in Africa, Asia and South America. This family-group name is well-established, making its use as a single aplocheiloid family more stable along time, besides avoiding the impact of a new name at the family rank for a popular aquarium fish group.[2] Following this proposal, Aplocheilidae includes three subfamilies: Aplocheilinae Bleeker, 1859; Cynolebiinae Hoedeman, 1961 and Nothobranchiinae Garman, 1895.[1]

Genera

There are currently 54 recognized genera in this family:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Costa, W.J.E.M. (2016): Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids. Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (2): 125-140.
  2. ^ van der Laan, R., Eschmeyer, W.N. & Fricke, R. (2014): Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa, 3882 (2): 1–230.
  3. ^ Costa, W.J.E.M. (2014): A new genus of miniature cynolebiasine from the Atlantic Forest and alternative biogeographical explanations for seasonal killifish distribution patterns in South America (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 64 (1): 23–33.
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