Blue panchax
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Aplocheilidae |
Genus: | Aplocheilus |
Species: | A. panchax
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Binomial name | |
Aplocheilus panchax F. Hamilton, 1822
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The blue panchax or whitespot (Aplocheilus panchax) is a common freshwater fish found in a large variety of habitats due to its high adaptability. This species is native to southern Asia from Pakistan, India to Indonesia.[2][1] It has been discovered in two hot springs in Singapore.[3] Identified by a white-coloured spot on its head, the species can reach up to 9 cm (3.5 in) in length; it tends to keep to the surface of the water, and controls the mosquito population by feeding on their larvae.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Chaudhry, S.; Chakrabarty, P. (2018). "Aplocheilus panchax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T166477A1134077. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T166477A1134077.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aplocheilus panchax". Fishbase. August 2012 version.
- ^ "Whitespot - Aplocheilus panchax".
- ^ Aplocheilus panchax.BdFISH
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Aplocheilus
- Fish of Bangladesh
- Fish of Singapore
- Taxa named by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
- Fish described in 1822
- Freshwater fish of Indonesia
- Freshwater fish of Pakistan
- Freshwater fish of India
- Freshwater fish of Malaysia
- Fish of Myanmar
- Cyprinodontiformes stubs
- Singapore stubs