Aplocheilus blockii ( Arnold, 1911 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097315 |
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Aplocheilus blockii ( Arnold, 1911 ) |
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Aplocheilus blockii ( Arnold, 1911) View in CoL View at ENA
[I] — Green panchax
Taxonomy. Original description: Haplochilus panchax blockii Arnold, 1911: 672 , fig. 3 [ Cochin, India; no types known].— Afghanistan synonyms: Aplocheilus blochi (Arnold,, 1911); Aplocheilus blochii ( Arnold, 1911) View in CoL .— Revisions: Seegers (1997: 16).—Illustration: Arnold (1911: fig. 3).
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Hora (1935); confirmed by Coad (1981: 8).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Chahiltran Stream, tributary of Kabul River, West Kabul City, Afghanistan.—General distribution: Afghanistan and Pakistan.—Habitat: This species lives under the surface in still waters, mainly coastal and often brackish, especially where there is surface vegetation or cover, such as mangrove swamps and rice fields. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade.
Reasons of introduction. Ornamental fish industry.
Conservation. Not relevant (intoduced species).
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Aplocheilus blockii ( Arnold, 1911 )
Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023 |
Haplochilus panchax blockii
Arnold 1911: 672 |
Aplocheilus blochi
Arnold 1911 |