Species details : Aplocheilichthys johnstoni (Günther, 1894)

Accepted scientific name:
Aplocheilichthys johnstoni (Günther, 1894) (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Aplocheilichthys johnstoni  (Günther, 1894)
Synonyms:
Aplocheilichthys johnstonii (Günther, 1894) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Aplocheilichthys johnstonii (Günther, 1894)
Aplocheilichthys myaposae (non Boulenger, 1908) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Aplocheilichthys myaposae (non Boulenger, 1908)
Aplocheilus johnstoni (Günther, 1894) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Aplocheilus johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
Haplochilichthys johnstoni (Günther, 1894) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Haplochilichthys johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
Haplochilus atripinna (non Pfeffer, 1896) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Haplochilus atripinna (non Pfeffer, 1896)
Haplochilus johnstoni Günther, 1894 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Haplochilus johnstoni Günther, 1894
Micropanchax carlislei (non Van der Horst, 1934) (misapplied name) 1 literature reference for Micropanchax carlislei (non Van der Horst, 1934)
Micropanchax johnstoni (Günther, 1894) (synonym) 1 literature reference for Micropanchax johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
Common names:
Common name Transliteration Language Country
Johnston se lampogie - Afrikaans Namibia Click here to show the literature
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Johnston se lampogie - Afrikaans South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Kakenga matako - Chokwe Angola Click here to show the literature
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Johnston's lampeye - English USA Click here to show the literature
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Johnston's topminnow - English Namibia(Kwando River (Ref. 81703).) Click here to show the literature
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Johnston's topminnow - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Johnston's topminnow - English Zimbabwe Click here to show the literature
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Killifish - English Malawi(Lake Malawi Basin) Click here to show the literature
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Slender topminnow - English South Africa Click here to show the literature
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Topminnow - English Zambia(Lake Kariba) Click here to show the literature
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Johnstons Leuchtaugenfisch - German Germany Click here to show the literature
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Mukitshi - Lwena Angola Click here to show the literature
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Munyanya - Lwena Angola Click here to show the literature
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Namuquidji - Lwena Angola Click here to show the literature
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細燈鮰 - Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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细灯鮰 Xi deng hui Mandarin Chinese China Click here to show the literature
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Classification:
Kingdom Animalia CoL
Phylum Chordata CoL
Class Actinopterygii FishBase
Order Cyprinodontiformes FishBase
Family Poeciliidae FishBase
Genus Aplocheilichthys FishBase
Distribution: Africa: widely distributed in southern Africa; present in various lakes and river drainages in Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 47311).
Lifezones: Freshwater
Additional data: Year from Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jan. 2004: Ref. 50838). Valid genus is Micropanchax according to Ghedotti 2000 (Ref. 52044).
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 12-Jan-2012
Source database: FishBase, Jan 2015   99%
Bibliographic citation: Froese R. & Pauly D. (eds) (2025). FishBase (version Jan 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2015 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Kunze T., Flann C., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., eds). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858.
Online resource: http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=8362
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:fd893289-ac8e-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20150401