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Aphyosemion Myers, 1924

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Myers, G. S. (1924). A new poeciliid fish from the Congo, with remarks on funduline genera. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 116: 1-9.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Nothobranchiidae
genus
Aphyosemion

Name

Synonyms
Aphysemion
Caeruleamsemion Valdesalici & Malumbres, 2022
Homonyms
Aphyosemion Myers, 1924
Common names
African lyretails in English
African lyretails in English
african lyretails in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 116
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2010 version.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  6. FishBase
  7. 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.
  8. Myers, G. S. (1924). A new poeciliid fish from the Congo, with remarks on funduline genera. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 116: 1-9.
  9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  10. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  11. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  13. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  14. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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