Lampeye Killifish Afrika II
Leuchtaugen-Haftlaicher (15/78)
Gattung Aapticheilichthys Huber, 2011
Aapticheilichthys websteri Huber, 2007
Gattung Aliteranodon Meinema & Huber, 2023
Aliteranodon bucinus Meinema & Huber, 2023
Aliteranodon filimbi Meinema & Huber, 2023
Aliteranodon ndoano Meinema & Huber, 2023
Aliteranodon rostratus Meinema & Huber, 2023
Aliteranodon stuhlmanni (Ahl, 1924)
Gattung Aplocheilichthys Bleeker, 1863
Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril, 1861) (Nackenfleckkärpfling)
Gattung Congopanchax Poll, 1971
Congopanchax brichardi Poll, 1971
Congopanchax myersi (Poll, 1952)
Gattung Foerschichthys Scheel & Romand, 1981
Foerschichthys flavipinnis (Meinken 1932
Gattung Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965
Hylopanchax leki van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013
Hylopanchax moke van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013
Hylopanchax multisquamatus Bragança, van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven, 2020
Hylopanchax ndeko van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013
Hylopanchax paucisquamatus Sonnenberg, Friel & van der Zee, 2014
Hylopanchax silvestris Poll & Lambert 1958
Hylopanchax stictopleuron (Fowler, 1949)
Hylopanchax thysi Bragança, van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven, 2020
Gattung Hypsopanchax Myers, 1924
Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981
Hypsopanchax jobaerti Poll & Lambert, 1965
Hypsopanchax jubbi Poll & Lambert, 1965
Hypsopanchax platysternus Nichols & Griscom, 1917
Hypsopanchax stiassnyae van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi Mayi Munene, 2015
Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929)
Gattung Laciris Huber, 1981
Laciris pelagica (Worthington, 1932)
Gattung Lacustricola Myers, 1924
Lacustricola atripinna (Pfeffer, 1896)
Lacustricola bragancai Huber, 2020
Lacustricola bukobanus (Ahl, 1924)
Lacustricola centralis (Seegers, 1996)
Lacustricola chobensis (Fowler, 1935)
Lacustricola hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913)
Lacustricola jeanneli (Pellegrin, 1935)
Lacustricola kassenjiensis (Ahl, 1924)
Lacustricola kongoranensis (Ahl, 1924)
Lacustricola lacustris (Seegers, 1984)
Lacustricola lualabaensis (Poll, 1938)
Lacustricola maculatus (Klausewitz, 1957)
Lacustricola margaritatus Nagy & Watters, 2022
Lacustricola matthesi (Seegers, 1996)
Lacustricola moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914)
Lacustricola nitidus Nagy & Manda, 2020
Lacustricola omoculatus (Wildekamp, 1977)
Lacustricola petnehazyi (Nagy & Vreven, 2018)
Lacustricola pumilus (Boulenger, 1906)
Lacustricola pygmaeus Bragança, Skelton, Bills, Tweddle & Chakona, 2021
Lacustricola usanguensis (Wildekamp, 1977)
Lacustricola vitschumbaensis (Ahl, 1924)
Gattung Malagodon Meinema & Huber, 2023
Malagodon madagascariensis (Arnoult, 1963)
Gattung Micropanchax Myers, 1924
Micropanchax antinorii (Vinciguerra, 1883)
Micropanchax bracheti (Berkenkamp, 1983)
Micropanchax camerunensis (Radda, 1971)
Micropanchax ehrichi (Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1994)
Micropanchax fuelleborni (Ahl, 1924)
Micropanchax johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
Micropanchax katangae (Boulenger, 1912)
Micropanchax keilhacki (Ahl, 1928)
Micropanchax kingii (Boulenger, 1913)
Micropanchax loati (Boulenger, 1901)
Micropanchax luluae (Fowler, 1930)
Micropanchax macrurus (Boulenger, 1904)
Micropanchax mediolateralis (Poll, 1967)
Micropanchax myaposae (Boulenger, 1908)
Micropanchax nigrolateralis (Poll, 1967)
Micropanchax pfaffi (Daget, 1954)
Micropanchax rudolfianus (Worthington, 1932)
Gattung Pantanodon Myers, 1955
Pantanodon podoxys Myers 1955
Pantanodon propinquus Meinema & Huber 2023
Gattung Platypanchax Ahl ,1928
Platypanchax modestus
Gattung Poropanchax Clausen, 1967
Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning, 1929)
Poropanchax normani (Ahl, 1928) (Normans Leuchtaugenfisch)
Poropanchax pepo van der Zee, Bernotas, Bragança & Stiassny, 2019
Poropanchax rancureli (Daget, 1965)
Poropanchax scheeli (Roman, 1971)
Poropanchax stigmatopygus Wildekamp & Malumbres, 2004
Gattung Rhexipanchax Huber, 1999
Rhexipanchax kabae (Daget, 1962)
Rhexipanchax lamberti (Daget, 1962)
Rhexipanchax nimbaensis (Daget, 1948)
Rhexipanchax schiotzi (Scheel, 1968)
Aapticheilichthys (Huber 2011) 1 Art
Aapticheilichthys websteri
Procatopus websteri (Huber, 2007)
Procatopus websteri: a new species of lampeye killifish from Akaka Camp, western Gabon (Teleostei: Poeciliidae: Aplocheilichthyinae), exhibiting similarities of pattern and morphology with another sympatric lampeye species, Aplocheilichthys spilauchen. Trop. Fish Hobbyist 55(1):110-114.
Short description: Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. Diagnosis: It is distinguished from all other lampeyes by the superimposed insertion of dorsal and anal fins vs. dorsal fin insertion always posterior to anal fin insertion by at least 4 rays; besides it is separated from the similarly patterned and sympatric Aplocheilichthys spilauchen by the smaller maximum size in both sexes, by the more advanced dorsal fin, by the less high peduncular depth, by the presence of red pigment markings on male sides and unpaired fins vs. silvery or gold markings, by the absence of a barred pattern on male sides vs. presence, by the absence of melanistic pigments on body vs. with many dark small spots, by the absence of extended rays in male posterior anal fin vs. presence, and by being more laterally compressed; it is separated from Procatopus, Plataplochilus and Rhexipanchax species by the more sharply pointed mouth in addition to the D/A value (Ref. 78622). It is separated from its congeners living in the same region from southern Equatorial Guinea to Cabinda by the rounded shape of the posterior margin of dorsal and anal fins in both sexes vs. cut straight along the last ray, by the vertical red bars in male vs. never such a pattern, by the more conspicious reticulated gray 'net along scale edges vs. faint or absent, and by the absence of an upper acumen or extension in caudal fin of dominant male vs. presence.
Aliteranodon Meinema & Huber, 2023 (5 Arten)
Review of Pantanodontidae (Cyprinodontiformes) and its fossil and extant genera Pantanodon Myers, 1955 and †Paralebias Gaudant, 2013 with descriptions of two new recent genera and five new species. Killi-Data Series 2023: 21-73.
Killi-Data Series 2023, 21-73, 10 figs.
Pantanodontinae described by Myers (1955) with monotypic genus (Pantanodon) and species (podoxys) have recently been elevated to family level in Cyprinodontiformes following molecular evidence, and parallelly fossil European cyprinodonts, previously placed in †Paralebias Gaudant 2013, were recently reassigned to the extant East African genus Pantanodon Myers 1955, as the only genus in Pantanodontidae, with all extant and fossil species sharing the laterally placed pelvic girdle and the adaptation of the pelvic fins in males. In this study the status and biogeographical distribution of all species (and all known institutional records) within Pantanodontidae is reviewed. Pantanodon is shown to be a diversified group of related species, recent, extant or fossil. Based on new data, on reassessments of old data and on new diagnoses, a division of Pantanodontidae into four genera is proposed: Pantanodon (nominotypical Tanzanian genus), Malagodon nov.gen. (Malagasy genus), Aliteranodon nov.gen. (Kenyan genus), three genera including (recent) East African species, and †Paralebias which includes all fossil Pantanodontidae European species. Pantanodon podoxys Myers, 1955 is revalidated as a distinct species and a closely related species from Tanga (Tanzania) is described as P. propinquus n.sp. Within Aliteranodon nov.gen., a recently collected species from Koreni (Kenya) is herein described as A. ndoano n.sp. and designated as its type species. Several more species are assigned to this new genus: Haplochilichthys stuhlmanni Ahl, 1924 with which Pantanodon podoxys was previously synonymized is revalidated with a new combination and its type locality is proposed as Pangani, in north-eastern Tanzania, after a detailed review of Stuhlmann’s collecting trips between 1894 and 1901; a misidentified species from Ngomeni (Kenya) is formally described as A. rostratus n.sp. and two misidentified miniature species from Tanzania are formally described as A. bucinus n.sp., from Zanzibar Island, and A. filimbi n.sp., from Bagamoyo mainland. Oryzias madagascariensis Arnoult, 1963 is designated as type species of Malagodon nov.gen.; Haplochilichthys jeanneli Pellegrin, 1935 is reviewed and a lectotype is designated following suspicions it may be placed in Pantanodontidae. Based on five significant osteological differences between recent and fossil species reestablishment of the fossil genus †Paralebias is proposed with a subdivision into three species-groups. For the first time the unique larval stage of A. stuhlmanni and A. ndoano n.sp. is disclosed.
Aliteranodon bucinus Meinema & Huber, 2023
Aliteranodon filimbi Meinema & Huber, 2023
Aliteranodon ndoano Meinema & Huber, 2023
Aliteranodon rostratus Meinema & Huber, 2023
Review of Pantanodontidae (Cyprinodontiformes) and its fossil and extant genera Pantanodon Myers, 1955 and †Paralebias Gaudant, 2013 with descriptions of two new recent genera and five new species. Killi-Data Series 2023: 21-73.
Aliteranodon stuhlmanni Ahl, E. 1924
Neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 61(nos 5/6): 135-145.
Aplocheilichthys, Bleeker 1863 1 Art
Type Species : Aplocheilichthys typus (synonym of spilauchen).
Aplocheilichthys spilauchen (Duméril, 1859)
Reptiles et Poissons d'Afrique Occcidentale. Arch. Mus. Hist. Natur., 10 (1858-1861): 258, pl. 22 (figs. 6-6a).
Type locality: Gabon river (today Ogooué river), Gabon (near Lambaréné, subseq.).
Aplocheilichthys typus Bleeker, 1863 Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen
Aplocheilichthys tschiloangensis Ahl, 1928 Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen
Aplocheilichthys bensonii (Peters, 1864) Synonym of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen
Aplocheilichthys spilauchen
Congopanchax (Poll, 1971) 2 Arten
Congopanchax brichardi (Poll, 1971)
Un Genre nouveau et une Espèce nouvelle de Cyprinodontidae Congolais.
Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 83: 304, figs. A-E.
Type locality: Liyéké, dead arm of Tshuapa river, between Boendé and Watsi, 2 km from Boendé, Zaïre.
Congopanchax myersi (Poll 1952)
Notes sur les Cyprinodontidae du Musée du Congo Belge. Deuxième Partie: les Aplocheilichthyini et les Lamprichthyini. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 45: 300.
Type locality: Atena island (today Mbamou island), Stanley Pool, Kinshasa, Zaïre.
Congopanchax myersi
Foerschichthys (Scheel & Romand, 1981) 1 Art
A new Genus of Rivulin Fish from tropical Africa (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae). Trop. Fish Hobbyist, 29 (11): 22.
Type-species: by original designation (also monotypic) as Aplocheilichthys flavipinnis Meinken, 1932.
Type locality: near Lagos, southwestern Nigeria.
Foerschichthys flavipinnis (Meinken, 1932)
Über einige neue Zahnkarpfen aus dem tropischen West-Africa.
Blätt. Aquar. -u. Terrarienk., 43 (4): 54, fig. 2.
Type locality: near Lagos, southwestern Nigeria.
Distribution: Aplocheilichthys flavipinnis Meinken, 1932
Foerschichthys nigeriensis (Brüning, 1929) Synonym of Foerschichthys flavipinnis
Panchax nigeriensis und Barboides gracilis, die westafrikanische Schlankbarbe.
Wochen. Aquar. Terr'kunde, 26 (27): 356.
Type locality: aquarium material, possibly from Lagos, Nigeria.
Hylopanchax (Poll & Lambert 1965) 8 Arten
Contribution à l'Etude systématique et zoogéographique des Procatapodinae de l'Afrique centrale.
Bull. Seanc. Inst. r. Sci. outre Mer, 623.
Type-species: by original designation as Hypsopanchax silvestris Poll & Lambert, 1958.
Type locality: Yangambi, Lusambila river, Zaïre.
Hylopanchax leki (van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013)
Hylopanchax moke (van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013
Hylopanchax ndeko (van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Schliewen, 2013)
Description of three new species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 from the central Congo Basin (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Procatopodini) with a redefinition of the genus.
Zootaxa 3701 (no. 1): 35-53.
Abstract: Three new species of the lampeye genus Hylopanchax are described from the central Congo basin: H. leki, new species, H. ndeko, new species, and H. moke, new species. These differ considerably in body shape from the two previously de- scribed species, H. stictopleuron and H. silvestris, with two deep bodied and one small and slender species. A redefinition of the diagnostic characters of the genus Hylopanchax is presented, including pronounced sexual dimorphism.
Hylopanchax multisquamatus (Bragança, Van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven 2020)
Hylopanchax thysi (Bragança, Van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven 2020)
Description of two new miniature species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae) from northeastern Gabon, with an updated diagnosis of the genus based on morphology, colouration and osteology
Abstract
Two new species of the lampeye genus Hylopanchax are described from the Ivindo River basin in the Ogowe River drainage. Hylopanchax multisquamatus, new species, and Hylopanchax thysi, new species differ from congeners by the presence of a hyaline urogenital male papilla with small black spots and a dark brown reticulate pattern on the flanks of both males and females in preserved specimens. Hylopanchax multisquamatus, new species, is distinguished from congeners by the number of scales on the mid‐longitudinal series (27–30 vs. 19–26, respectively) and by the relative anterior/posterior flank scale depth ratio (140–150% vs. 170–220%). Hylopanchax thysi, new species, is distinguished from all other congeners, except H. paucisquamatus, by having (30 vs. 31–33 vertebrae) and is further distinguished from H. multisquamatus, new species, by having a deeper caudal peduncle and much larger anterior flank scales. It is distinguished from H. paucisquamatus by the presence of a hyaline urogenital male papilla with small black spots and a dark brown reticulate pattern on the flanks of both males and females in preserved specimens. Osteological data of Hylopanchax are presented for the first time and an updated diagnosis is provided based on external morphology, colouration pattern, and osteology. An osteological comparison with closely related species belonging to the genera Procatopus, Hypsopanchax and ‘Hypsopanchax’ is presented. The presence of (i) a truncate and slightly downwards directed anterior process of the angulo‐articular and (ii) a guitar‐shaped lachrymal with both its anterior and posterior margins sharply curved are herein considered as diagnostic features of Hylopanchax.
Hylopanchax paucisquamatus (Sonnenberg, Friel & Van der Zee, 2014)
Description of Hylopanchax paucisquamatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), a new lampeye species from the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo. Zootaxa 3846 (no. 4): 577-58
Abstract: A new deep-bodied Hylopanchax species is described from the northwestern Congo basin. Hylopanchax paucisquamatus, new species, was collected in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Likouala River drainage of the Republic of Congo. It differs from its congeners, including the deep-bodied H. leki and H. ndeko, by a unique combination of morphological characters, including low number of mid-longitudinal and transverse scales, number of dorsal-fin rays, and position of dorsal-fin origin in relation to anal-fin. It is the only deep-bodied species currently known outside the Kasaï River drainage.
Hylopanchax silvestris (Poll & Lambert, 1958)
Un Cyprinodontidé et un Clariidé nouveaux de la grande Forêt Congolaise. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 58: 328, figs.
Type locality: Yangambi, Lusambila river, Zaïre.
Hylopanchax stictopleuron (Fowler, 1949)
Results of the two Carpenter African Expeditions, 1946-1948. Part 2. The Fishes. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 101: 263, figs. 59-63.
Type locality: Oka, 18 miles (29 km) north of Eovo, Congo basin, Afrique équatoriale française (today Congo).
Hypsopanchax (Myers 1924) 6 Arten
New Genera of African Poeciliid Fishes. Copeia, 129: 41.
Type-species: by original designation (also monotypic) as Haplochilus platysternus Nichols & Griscom, 1917
Type locality: Stanleyville (today Kisangani), creek tributary to Tshopo river, Zaïre.
Hypsopanchax catenatus (Radda, 1981)
Hypsopanchax catenatus spec. nov., eine neue Procatopodinen-Art aus südost-Gabun. D.K.G. (Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 13 (1): 3, figs. 1-3.
Type locality: 61 km south from Franceville on way to Boumango, between
Hypsopanchax jobaerti (Poll & Lambert, 1965)
Contribution à l'Etude systématique et zoogéographique des Procatapodinae de l'Afrique centrale. Bull. Seanc. Inst. r. Sci. outre Mer, 620, fig. 2.
Type locality: Lula, Mosanji river, Kasaï province, Central Africa (today Zaïre).
Hypsopanchax jubbi (Poll & Lambert, 1965)
Contribution à l'Etude systématique et zoogéographique des Procatapodinae de l'Afrique centrale.
Bull. Seanc. Inst. r. Sci. outre Mer: 616, fig. 1.
Type locality: upper Zambezi river near its origin, Mwinilunga district, Rhodesia (today northwestern Zambia).
Hypsopanchax platysternus (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Freshwater Fishes of the Congo basin obtained by the American Museum Congo Expedition, 1909-1915. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 37 (25): 724, fig. 28.
Type locality: Stanleyville (today Kisangani), creek tributary to Tshopo river, Zaïre.
Hypsopanchax stiassnyae (Zee, Sonnenberg & Mbimbi, 2015)
Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, a new poeciliid fish from the Lulua River (Democratic Republic of Congo) (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes)
Abstract: Hypsopanchax stiassnyae, new species, is described from recent collections in the Lulua River (Kasaï drainage). All Hypsopanchax species from the southern Congo drainage share a similar supra-orbital cephalic sensory system, that differs from the characteristic zigzag shaped system of the three northern species H. catenatus, H. platysternus, H. zebra, and Platypanchax modestus. Most probably H. jobaerti is the closest relative of this relatively small species, based on shared characters of the supra-orbital sensory system. Hypsopanchax stiassnyae differs from H. jobaerti in adult male fin colour pattern, dorsal profile, body depth, and length of dorsal and anal fin base in females.
Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929)
Siluridé et Cyprinodontidé nouveaux du Gabon recueillis par M. A. Baudon.
Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 54: 642, fig. 2.
Type locality: near Omoi, Loula river (and also near Zanaga, Lébagni river), upper Ogooué basin, southwestern Congo.
Distribution: West-central Africa.
Synonym: Micropanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929)
Laciris Huber, 1981
A review of cyprinodont fauna of the coastal plain in Rio Muni, Gabon, Congo, Cabinda and Zaire with taxonomic shifts in Aphyosemion, Epiplatys and West African procatopodins. British Killifish Assoc. Publ. 1-46. [Some authors believe that this work was not distributed until 1982, but the author had copies in 1981, some of which were distributed.]
Laciris pelagica (Worthington, 1932)
Scientific results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African lakes, 1930-1. --2. Fishes other than Cichlidae. The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology v. 38 (no. 258): 121-134.
Lacustricola, Myers, 1924 - 22 Arten
New Genera of African Poeciliid Fishes.
Copeia, 129: 43.
Type-species: by monotypy as Haplochilus pumilus Boulenger, 1906.
Type locality: Kituta, lake Tanganyika, Zambia.
Distribution: East Afrika
Lacustricola atripinna (Pfeffer, 1896)
Die Tierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Lief. v. Die Fische Ost-Afrikas. v. 3: i-xviii + 1-72 [Perhaps appeared first in 1894.]
Type locality: Deutsche Ost-Afrika, i.e.Tanzania (Busisi, southern banks of lake Victoria, Tanzania, subseq.).
Distribution: Tanzania
Lacustricola bukobanus (Ahl, 1924)
Neue Afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Zool. Anz., 61 (3-4): 137.
Lacustricola bragancai (Huber, 2020)
A new but since long known lampeye species, Lacustricola bragancai, from central Angola (Cyprinodontiformes, Procatopodidae). Huber, J.H.
Abstract: Lacustricola bragancai n.sp., from central Angola, is described following a since-long-known but savvy misidentification by famous Belgian ichthyologist Max Poll (1908 - 1991). The new species, identified by him as Aplocheilichthys myaposae while originally described from coastal fringes of East Africa, is diagnosed on preserved specimens from putatively related components of the same species-group, by absence of a mid-longitudinal dark band on sides of female, by a vestigial mid-longitudinal dark band on sides of male that is faint and only present anteriorly and divided into 2 parallel lines with a blank interspace up to vertical of end of both Dorsal and Anal fins, by a dark and more conspicuous pre-opercular dark band anterior to mid-side markings and by a slightly lower D/A deviation. The species is still unknown live like most of its congeners reported from Angola, hence its systematics are unclear. However, based on morphology, preserved pattern, vicariance and biogeographical distributions, the species may be hypothesized as phylogenetically related to Lacustricola johnstoni, myaposae, jubbi, macrurus, centralis, mediolateralis, katangae, hutereaui, plus yet un-named species that are molecularly distinct.
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Type locality: Bukoba, northwestern Tanzania.
Lacustricola centralis (Seegers, 1996)
The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Série in 8o, Sciences Zoologiques v. 278: 1-407.
Type locality: Wogo river, Rungwa drainage, 26 km southwest of Inyonga on track to lake Rukwa, Tabora region, western Tanzania.
Distribution: Tanzania and Uganda.
Lacustricola chobensis (Fowler, 1935)
Scientific results of the Vernay-Lang Kalahari expedition, March to September, 1930. Fresh-water fishes. Annals of the Transvaal Museum v. 16 (pt 2): 251-293, Pls. 6-9.
Lacustricola hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913)
Sur une petite collection de poissons recueillis dans l'Uelé par la mission dirigée par M. Hutereau. Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 2 (fasc. 2): 155-161.
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Lacustricola jeanneli (Pellegrin, 1935)
Mission scientifique de l'Omo. Pisces. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo. Pisces v. 2 (Zool. fasc. 7): 131-139.
Type locality: delta of the Omo river (lake Rudolph, today Turkana), Ethiopia.
Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Turkana basin.
Lacustricola kassenjiensis (Ahl, 1924)
Neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin.
Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 61(nos 5/6): 135-145.
Type locality: Kassenji (today Kasenye), Lake Albert (Albert Nyanza), Zaïre.
Distribution: Eastern Africa: Lake Albert Nyanza.
Lacustricola kongoranensis (Ahl, 1924)
Neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 61(nos 5/6): 135-145.
Lacustricola lacustris (Seegers, 1984)
Zwei Formen der Gattung Aplocheilichthys Bleeker, 1863 aus dem Küstentiefland von Tanzania, mit der Wiederbeschreibung von & Aplocheilichthys kongoranensis (Ahl, 1924) (Pisces: Cyprinodontidae: Procatopodinae). Ichthyologische Ergebnisse aus Tanzania,
V. Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 98 (no. 1): 74-96.
Type locality: Maka, Sangwa lake (also Kikondja, Lovoi river), (Shaba province) southeastern Zaïre.
Distribution: Tanzania.
Lacustricola lualabaensis (Poll, 1938)
Poissons du Katanga (bassin du Congo) récoltés par le professeur Paul Brien. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines v. 30 (no. 4): 389-423.
Type locality: Maka, Sangwa lake (also Kikondja, Lovoi river), (Shaba province) southeastern Zaïre.
Distribution: Central Africa.
Lacustricola maculatus (Klausewitz, 1957)
Barbus schneemanni und Aplocheilichthys maculatus, zwei neue Fische aus Ost-Afrika (Pisces, Cyprinidae und Cyprinodontidae.). Senckenbergiana Biologica v. 38 (nos 5/6): 279-282.
Type locality: Soga, near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Distribution: Eastern Africa.
Lacustricola margaritatus Nagy & Watters, 2022
Zootaxa, 5128 (1): 44-60, Abb.
Lacustricola margaritatus, a new species of lampeye from the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins in eastern Africa (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae).
NAGY, B., & WATTERS, B. R. (2022). Zootaxa, 5128(1), 44-60.
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ABSTRACT
Lacustricola margaritatus, a new species inhabiting small streams and swamps in the Lake Victoria basin in north-western Tanzania and southern Uganda, and the Lake Kyoga basin in central Uganda, is described. Lacustricola margaritatus is a small species with a moderately deep body, moderate dimorphism and pronounced dichromatism. It is distinguished from all other Procatopodidae by the following unique combination of characters: live male body colour pattern with vertically-elongated iridescent light blue patches at scale centres, forming a striped appearance of dotted longitudinal lines on the flanks, particularly evident in the two or three series below the mid-longitudinal line; male having deeply coloured unpaired fins with orange-brown in the proximal and median parts and a narrow black distal band; male with a yellow base along the pectoral fin; female with dark grey scale margins and dark grey patches on scales along mid-longitudinal series creating a narrow dark grey stripe; both sexes showing inconspicuous postopercular blotch; and in both sexes, the cephalic sensory system is entirely situated in open grooves at all levels. The new species has previously often been misidentified as L. pumilus, originally described as inhabiting the Lake Tanganyika basin in north-eastern Zambia, or 'L.' centralis, from the Lake Rukwa basin in south-western Tanzania. Lacustricola margaritatus differs from the above two species by morphometric and meristic characters, body and fin colouration, and in arrangement of the cephalic sensory system. INFO
Lacustricola matthesi (Seegers, 1996)
The Fishes of the Lake Rukwa Drainage. Annales Sciences Biologiques, M.R.A.C., 278: 267, figs. 200, 205-206.
Type locality: Kamuzwadsi river near Sunzu, reaches of the Saisi river, Mbala-Tunduma road, lake Rukwa drainage, northern Zambia.
Updates to the phylogeny and systematics of the African lampeye schooling cyprinodonts (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilichthyinae). Cybium v. 23 (no. 1): 53-77.
Distribution: Tanzania and Zambia
Lacustricola moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914)
Mission Stappers au Tanganyika-Moero. Diagnoses de poissons nouveaux. I. Acanthoptérygiens, Opisthomes, Cyprinodontes. Revue de Zoologie Africaine v. 3 (pt 3): 442-447.
Type locality: western shore of lake Moero (today lake Mweru) (at Kilwa, subseq.), Shaba province, Zaïre.
Distribution: Central Africa.
Lacustricola nitida (Nagy & Manda 2020)
Lacustricola nitida, a new species of lampeye from the upper Lualaba drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae)
Lacustricola nitida, a new species, is described from a small temporary stream in the Lufupa River system, a left bank tributary of the upper Lualaba drainage in Lualaba province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is identified as most similar to L. matthesi. Both species share the diagnostic characters of body colour pattern with brilliant blue spots at scale centres, forming longitudinal lines on the flank, and creating a reflective blue body colouration; as well as cephalic sensory system characterized by the combination of supraorbital canal with exposed neuromasts in zigzag shaped continuous groove, at preorbital level in open groove with exposed neuromasts, whereas postorbital and preopercular sensory systems tubular with pores. Lacustricola nitida is distinguished from L. matthesi by the following unique combination of characters in males: dorsal and anal fins hyaline and without markings (vs. yellow with irregularly curved dotted stripes); as well as in both sexes, a supraorbital sensory system with three exposed neuromasts (vs. four); and a series of morphometric differences, as well as the number of rays in the pectoral fin.
Lacustricola omoculatus (Wildekamp, 1977)
Beschreibung von zwei neuen Leuchtaugenfischen aus Tansania (Cyprinodontidae. Procatopodinae. Aplocheilichthys). Aquarienfreund v. 6 (no. 6): 103-116. [In German.]
Type locality: 100 km southwest Iringa, along the way from Mbeya to Iringa, west Sao Hills, Tanzania.
Distribution: Tanzania
Lacustricola petnehazyi (Béla Nagy & Emmanuel Vreven 2018)
Micropanchax petnehazyi, a new species of lampeye cyprinodontiform from the Lufira drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)
(Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 157-169, 6 figs., 4 tabs., January 2018)
Abstract:
Micropanchax petnehazyi, new species, is described from ephemeral pools of the Tshipokokolo River basin, a right bank tributary of the Upper Lufira drainage in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is identified as most similar to M. hutereaui. Both species share the overall diagnostic characters of similar male colour pattern characterised by the presence of dark transverse markings on the median fins; reticulate markings on the side; as well as cephalic sensory system of both sexes characterised by supraorbital canal in two short, discontinuous grooves, with exposed neuromasts; and postorbital and preopercular sensory systems tubular with pores. Micropanchax petnehazyi is distinguished from M. hutereaui by the following unique combination of characters in males: dorsal and anal fins with faint brown stripes perpendicular to fin rays (vs. curved stripes); anal fin with a faint brown margin and without a light submarginal band (vs. with dark brown margin and with light submarginal band); caudal fin with irregular vertical markings forming a reticulate pattern (vs. narrow vertical bands); as well as for both sexes preorbital sensory system in a shallow canal with three exposed neuromasts (vs. tubular with three pores); mandibular sensory system in open groove with small exposed neuromasts (vs. tubular with pores); smaller body depth at pelvic fin origin 25.3-28.7 % SL (vs. 30.0-32.3); smaller interorbital width 34-40 % HL (vs. 47-51); larger postorbital length 45-46 % HL (vs. 38-43); smaller suborbital depth 11-14 % HL (vs. 21-25); and larger caudal peduncle length 1.4 times of its depth (vs. 1.0-1.1).
Lacustricola pumilus (Boulenger, 1906)
Fourth contribution to the ichthyology of Lake Tanganyika.--Report on the collection of fishes made by Dr. W. A. Cunnington during the Third Tanganyika Expedition, 1904-1905. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London v. 17 (pt 6, no. 1): 537-601, Pls. 30-41.
Type locality: Kituta, lake Tanganyika, Zambia.
Distribution: Lake Tanganyika and Lukuga River basin
Lacustricola pumilus "Burundi CI-2008"
Lacustricola pygmaeus (Bragança, Skelton, Bills, Tweddle & Chakona, 2021)
29 March 2021 Revalidation and Redescription of “Lacustricola” chobensis (Fowler, 1935) and Description of a New Miniature Species of “Lacustricola” from Southern Africa (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae)
Abstract:
The “Lacustricola” hutereaui species complex is herein defined by the possession of banded dorsal, anal, and caudal fins in males and also by the pointed premaxilla ascending process, in which the premaxilla medial surface is slightly convex. “Lacustricola” pygmaeus, new species, known from the Okavango, Cuando, and upper Zambezi Rivers, is distinguished from the other species belonging to the “L.” hutereaui species complex by the following exclusive character states: an inconspicuous reticulate pattern on scale margins (vs. conspicuous); banded anal, dorsal, and caudal fin in females (vs. hyaline); faint bands in the middle rays of caudal fin in males (vs. conspicuous bands); rounded caudal fin in males (vs. slender); bright green-blue color in some of the flank scales (vs. absent); quadrate posterior margin with a deep concavity (vs. convex or about straight); and first dorsal-fin ray inserted in a vertical to second and third anal-fin ray (vs. fourth to eighth). Additionally, other morphometric, meristic, and osteological characters in combination proved to be useful in distinguishing the new species. Through the analysis of type material and recently collected specimens, the little known species “L.” chobensis is considered as a valid species and redescribed. It is easily distinguished from the other species belonging to the “L.” hutereaui species complex by a combination of external morphology, osteology, and coloration pattern characters. Comprehensive information on the osteology and external morphology of topotypes of “L.” hutereaui are presented, and description of coloration in life is provided for specimens from the Ubangui River, in the Central African Republic.
Lacustricola usanguensis (Wildekamp, 1977)
Beschreibung von zwei neuen Leuchtaugenfischen aus Tansania (Cyprinodontidae. Procatopodinae. Aplocheilichthys). Aquarienfreund v. 6 (no. 6): 103-116.
Type locality: near Ilongo, ca. 45 km east of Mbeya, along the Mbeya-Iringa main way, Tanzania.
Distribution: Tanzania
Lacustricola vitschumbaensis (Ahl, 1924)
Neue Afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Zool. Anz., 61 (3-4): 136.
Type locality: Vitschumba (today Vitshumbi, lake Edouard), northeastern Zaïre.
Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.
Malagodon Meinema & Huber, 2023,
Review of Pantanodontidae (Cyprinodontiformes) and its fossil and extant genera Pantanodon Myers, 1955 and †Paralebias Gaudant, 2013 with descriptions of two new recent genera and five new species. Killi-Data Series 2023: 21-73.
genus; typus : madagascariensis
Malagodon madagascariensis (Arnoult 1963) (Pantanodon madagascariensis)
Un Oryziiné (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) nouveau de l'est de Madagascar. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Série 2) v. 35 (no. 3): 235-237.
Distribution: Madagascar
Micropanchax (Myers, 1924) 17 Arten
New Genera of African Poeciliid Fishes. Copeia, 129: 42.
Type-species: Haplochilus schoelleri Boulenger, 1904.
Micropanchax antinorii (Vinciguerra 1883)
Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equitoriale, Resultati zoologici. Pesci d'Aqua dolce.
Annali Mus. Civ. Storia Nat., Genova, 1 (18): 693, fig.
Type locality: lake Arsadé (today lake Orsedi), Adda-Galla region, South of Scioa, (northeast of Addis Ababa, southern) Ethiopia.
Micropanchax bracheti (Berkenkamp 1983)
Der Brachet-Leuchtaugenfisch, Aplocheilichthys bracheti spec. nov., eine Neuheit aus Nord-Togo. Aquar. Terr. Zeit. (D.A.T.Z.), 36 (8): 293, figs.
Type locality: 8 km southeast of Lama-Kara, northern Togo.
Micropanchax camerunensis (Radda, 1971)
Cyprinodontidenstudien im südlichen Kamerun. 4. Das Inlandplateau im Südwestlichen Ostkamerun. Aquaria: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vivaristik v. 5: 157-167.
Distribution: West-Central Africa.
Micropanchax ehrichi (Berkenkamp & Etzel 1994)
Ein neuer Leuchtaugenfisch aus Mali, Aplocheilichthys ehrichi spec. nov., mit Informationen zur Systematik und Chorologie verwandter Arten. D.K.G. (Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 26 (1): 1, fig.
Type locality: near Samalofila, southwest of Bamako, Mali.
Synonym: Aplocheilichthys ehrichi Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1994
Micropanchax fuelleborni (Ahl 1924)
Neue Afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Zool. Anz., 61 (3-4): 138.
Type locality: lake Rukwa, southwestern Tanzania.
Micropanchax johnstoni (Günther, 1894)
Second Report on the Reptiles, Batrachians and Fishes transmitted by Mr. H.H. Johnston C.B. from British Central Africa. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, (1893): 627.
Type locality: Fort Johnston (today Mangochi), British Central Africa (today east-central Malawi).
Micropanchax katangae (Boulenger,1912)
(Description d'un Poisson nouveau du Genre Haplochilus provenant du Katanga.
Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 2 (1): 47.)
Type locality: Lubumbashi river, near Elisabethville (today Lubumbashi), Katanga (today Shaba province), Zaïre.
Micropanchax katangae "Divundu NA K 2011"
Micropanchax keilhacki (Ahl 1928)
Beiträge zur Systematik der afrikanische Zahnkarpfen. Zool. Anz., 79 (3-4): 114, fig. 1.
Type locality: Dje Ta (today Djeta), 3 hours east of Anécho, Togo lagoon, (southeastern) Togo.
Synonym: Aplocheilichthys keilhacki Ahl, 1928
Micropanchax kingii (Boulenger 1913)
Description of a new Cyprinodont Fish from the Sobat River. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 8 (12): 566.
Type locality: khor on Sobat river, eastern Africa (today Sudan).
Micropanchax loati (Boulenger 1901)
Diagnoses of new Fishes discovered by Mr. W.L.S. Loat in the Nile. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 7 (8): 446.
Type locality: lake No, White Nile river, (south central) Sudan.
Aplocheilichthys schoelleri (Boulenger, 1904)
Aplocheilichthys loati Boulenger, 1901
Micropanchax luluae (Fowler, 1930)
The fresh-water fishes obtained by the Gray African Expedition--1929. With notes on other species in the Academy collection. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 82: 27-83.
Micropanchax macrurus, Boulenger 1904
Descriptions of new West-African freshwater fishes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 7) v. 14 (no. 79) (art. 3): 16-20. [Date of publication from Evenhuis 2003:37 [ref. 27365].]
Type locality: Marimba, lake Sarmento (near mouth of Cuanza river, subseq.), (northwestern) Angola.
Distribution: Africa: Angola and Namibia.
Micropanchax mediolateralis, Poll 1967
Contribution à la faune ichthyologique de l'Angola. Publicações Culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (DIAMANG), Lisboa No. 75: 1-381, Pls. 1-20.
Type locality: Tchimenji river (tributary of Chiumbe river, Kiokos province), Angola
Distribution: Angola
Micropanchax myaposae, Boulenger 1908
On a collection of fresh-water fishes, batrachians and reptiles from Natal and Zululand, with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Natal Government Museum v. 1 (pt 3): 219-235, Pls. 35-36.
Type locality: Myaposa (today Mposa) river, Zululand (today eastern Natal, subseq.), South Africa.
Distribution: Southeastern Africa.
Micropanchax nigrolateralis, Poll 1967
Contribution à la faune ichthyologique de l'Angola. Publicações Culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (DIAMANG), Lisboa No. 75: 1-381, Pls. 1-20.
Type locality: Tchimenji river (tributary of Chiumbe river, Kiokos province), Angola
Distribution: Angola
Micropanchax pfaffi (Daget, 1954)
Les Poissons du Niger supérieur. Mém. I.F.A.N. Dakar, 36: 324, fig. 124.
Type locality: Diafarabé, upper Niger river, southwestern Mali.
Synonym: Aplocheilichthys pfaffi Daget, 1954
Micropanchax rudolfianus (Worthington 1932)
Scientific Results of the Cambridge Expedition to the East African Lakes. II. Fishes other than Cichlids. J. Linnean Soc. London Zool., 38: 131, fig. 5.
Type locality: lake Rudolf (today lake Turkana), Kenya.
Micropanchax spec. "Rundu NA K 2011“
Catcher: Heiko Kärst (Namibia 2011)
Pantanodon (Myers, 1955) 2 Arten
Notes on the classification and names of cyprinodont fishes. Tropical Fish. Magazine. Mar. 1955: 7.
Pantanodon propinquus - Meinema & Huber, 2023
Review of Pantanodontidae (Cyprinodontiformes) and its fossil and extant genera Pantanodon Myers, 1955 and †Paralebias Gaudant, 2013 with descriptions of two new recent genera and five new species. Killi-Data Series 2023: 21-73.
Pantanodon podoxys, Myers [G. S.] 1955
Notes on the classification and names of cyprinodont fishes. Tropical Fish. Magazine. Mar. 1955: 7.
Platypanchax (Ahl, 1928) 1 Art
Beiträge zur Systematik der afrikanische Zahnkarpfen. Zool. Anz., 79 (3-4): 116.
Type-species: by original designation (also monotypic) as Haplochilus modestus Pappenheim, 1914.
Type locality: near Beni, Nile system (Old Beni, Ituri river basin), northeastern Zaïre.
Platypanchax modestus (Pappenheim, 1914)
Fische. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Zentral Afrikanische Expedition 1907-1908. P.
Press, 5 (Zool. 3): 252.
Type locality: near Beni, Nile system (Old Beni, Ituri river basin), northeastern Zaïre.
Platypanchax modestus
Poropanchax (Clausen 1967) 6 Arten
Tropical old World Cyprinodonts. Akademisk Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark: 12, 36.
Type-species: by original designation as Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus Meinken, 1932.
Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929)
Type locality: Lagos, Nigeria.
Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Brüning 1929)
Der grüne Leuchtaugenfisch und der afrikanische Glanzkärpfling. Wochen.
Aquar. Terr'kunde, 26 (23): 356, fig. 1.
Type locality: Lagos, Nigeria.
Poropanchax luxophthalmus (Nigeria)
Poropanchax normani (Ahl 1928)
Description of two new Cyprinodont Fishes from Nigeria. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 10 (2): 600.
Type locality: Kiyawa river, near Katagum, northern province, Nigeria.
Poropanchax pepo
(jouke R. Van Der Zee, Kimberly Bernotas, Pedro H.N. Bragança, and Melanie L.J. Stiassny 2019)
An Unexpected New Poropanchax (Cyprinodontiformes, Procatopodidae) from the Kongo Central Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Source: American Museum Novitates, 2019(3941) : 1-12
Published By: American Museum of Natural History
ABSTRACT:
A new procatopodid, assigned to the genus Poropanchax, is described from a wetland habitat
located adjacent to the Inga Falls in Lower Congo. Poropanchax pepo, new species, is distinguished from all congeners by a combination of characters including a higher D/A ratio, rounded anal and
dorsal ins, a humeral blotch in males, and the absence of a sharp ventral process on the basipterygium. he inding of a Poropanchax species in Lower Congo was unexpected, since the closest known
congeneric population is located in northwestern Gabon, some 700 kilometers to the north. As recognized herein the genus Poropanchax is a clade comprised of five species geographically restricted
to humid coastal regions of west and west-central Africa.
Poropanchax rancureli (Daget 1965)
Poissons nouveaux de Côte d'Ivoire. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Natur. Paris, 36 (5) (1964): 592.
Type locality: Banco creek, near Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
Synonym: Aplocheilichthys rancureli Daget, 1965
Poropanchax scheeli (Roman, 1970)
Peces de Rio Muni. Pub. Inst. Biol. Apl. Barcelona, 49: 19, fig. 6.
Type locality: rio Utonde (12 km from its mouth), western Ecuatorial Guinea.
Poropanchax stigmatopygus (Wildekamp & Malumbres 2004)
Identification of Micropanchax scheeli (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Aplocheilichthyinae) with the Description of a new Species of the Genus Poropanchax. Cybium, 28 (1): 63, fig. 1.
Type locality: lower Sanaga river, (western) Cameroun.
Rhexipanchax (Huber 1999) 4 Arten
Updates on the Phylogeny and Systematics of the African Lampeye schooling Cyprinodonts (Aplocheilichthyinae, Cyprinodontiformes). Cybium, 23 (1): 73.
Type-species: by original designation as Haplochilichthys nimbaensis Daget, 1948.
Type locality: Mount Nimba, Gâ (Cavally), Guinée française, 1100-1250 m altitude.
Rhexipanchax kabae (Daget 1962)
Les Poissons du Fouta Dialon et de la basse Guinée. Mém. I.F.A.N. Dakar, 65: 139, fig. 44 ; pl. 12 (fig. 29).
Type locality: tributary streams of Mamou river (a tributary of the Kaba river), Guinée.
Rhexipanchax lamberti (Daget 1962)
Les Poissons du Fouta Dialon et de la basse Guinée. Mém. I.F.A.N. Dakar, 65: 136, fig. 43 ; pl. 12 (figs. 27-28).
Type locality: Bafing river, at bridge between Dabola and Timbo, Guinée.
Synonym: Aplocheilichthys lamberti Daget, 1962
Rhexipanchax lamberti "Guinea"
Rhexipanchax nimbaensis (Daget 1948)
La Collection de Poissons d'eau douce de l'I.F.A.N. Catalogue I.F.A.N., Dakar 3: 40, fig. 13.
Type locality: Mount Nimba, Gâ (Cavally), Guinée française, 1100-1250 m altitude.
Synonym: Aplocheilichthys nimbaensis (Daget, 1948)
Rhexipanchax schioetzi (Scheel 1968)
Description of a new Species of Procatapodinae from Ghana, with Remarks on the Frontal Patterns of Scales and Neuromasts in West African Procatopodine Species. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 78: 280, figs. 1-2.
Type locality: Bobiri Forest Reserve, Kumasi, (central) Ghana.
Synonym: Aplocheilichthys schioetzi Scheel, 1968
Aplocheilichthys monikae Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1976
Multigene fossil-calibrated analysis of the African lampeyes (Cyprinodontoidei: Procatopodidae) reveals an early Oligocene origin and Neogene diversification driven by palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic events
(Pedro Bragança & Wilson J E M Costa 2019)
Abstract:
Here, we present the first molecular and fossil-dated analysis focusing in the Procatopodidae, a widely distributed and little known African oviparous killifish family. The analysis included 36 species representing all Procatopodidae genera except the monotypic Aapticheilichthys. Procatopodidae relationships were established through maximum likelihood and bayesian inference approaches based on fragments of one mitochondrial and five nuclear genes, a total of 5691 bp. The Procatopodidae is herein considered a monophyletic group, sister to the Old world Valenciidae and Aphaniidae. The genus Plataplochilus represent the most basal procatopodid lineage and the brackish water species Aplocheilichthys spilauchen is placed within the Procatopodidae. A clade including the morphologically distinct species of Congopanchax, Lacustricola, and Lamprichthys is herein suggested for the first time, and the genera Micropanchax, Poropanchax, Lacustricola, and Hypsopanchax revealed to be paraphyletic. A fossil-calibrated analysis, based on the same dataset, provided the first information about the evolution of the Procatopodidae in Africa. Our estimates indicate an early Oligocene origin for the Procatopodidae, as a consequence of the Eocene trans-Saharan epicontinental sea retreat, and also indicated that major Neogene paleogeographical and paleoenvironmental events influenced procatopodids diversification (e.g., increase activity in the African rift; late Miocene aridification; Pliocene and Pleistocene climatic instability).