Procatopodidae
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Procatopodidae, the African lampeyes, are a family of ray-finned fish in the order Cyprinodontiformes.
They were formerly treated as a subfamily (Procatopodinae) of the Poecilidae. Despite containing mostly African genera (including Pantanodon), the South American Fluviphylax was also placed in it as its own tribe. However, more recent studies have found this treatment to be paraphyletic; Pantanodontidae, Fluviphylacidae, and Procatopodidae are their own families distinct from Poecilidae, and the former two are distinct from Procatopodidae as well. Meanwhile, the Aplocheilichthyinae, previously treated as a separate subfamily of Poecilidae, are known to belong to the Procatopodidae. This family is thought to be the sister group to the clade comprising Aphaniidae and Valenciidae.
Subdivisions
The family Procatopodidae is divided into two subfamilies and 14 genera:
- Subfamily Aplocheilichthyinae Myers 1928 Aplocheilichthys Bleeker, 1863
- Subfamily Procatopodinae Fowler, 1916 Aapticheilichthys Huber, 2011 Congopanchax Poll, 1971 Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 Hypsopanchax Myers, 1924 Laciris Huber, 1981 Lacustricola Myers, 1924 Lamprichthys Regan, 1911 Micropanchax Myers, 1924 Plataplochilus Ahl, 1928 Platypanchax Ahl, 1928 Poropanchax Clausen, 1967 Procatopus Boulenger, 1904 Rhexipanchax Huber, 1999