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Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981

Description

Common Names

  • Chain lampeye , English , USA
  • Ketjutähtisilmä , Finnish , Finland
  • Ketten-Leuchtaugenfisch , German , Germany
  • 莲花高鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 蓮花高鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Procatopodidae

    Genus: Hypsopanchax

    Species: Hypsopanchax catenatus Radda, 1981

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Lives in the streaming parts of brooks. Not a seasonal killifish. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic