Description

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Common Names

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Grøn panchax , Danish , Denmark

Green panchax , English , India

Green panchax , English , USA

Pikkusukkulakala , Finnish , Finland

Timanttivaanija , Finnish , Finland

Madrashechtling , German , Germany

Zwergpanchax , German , Germany

മാനത്തുകണ്ണി , Malayalam , India

布氏鰕鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Udda , Sinhalese , Sri Lanka

Pachaimundakenni , Tamil , India

பச்‍சைக் முண்டக்‍கண்ணி , Tamil , India

பச்சைமுண்டக் கண்ணி , Tamil , India

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Aplocheilidae

Genus: Aplocheilus

Species: Aplocheilus blockii Arnold, 1911

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Asia: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Biology

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Inhabits stationary and sheltered waters of rivers (Ref. 4833). Found 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. Swims slowly or stays stationary, often in small groups. Feeds on insects, larvae and fish fry. Valuable for mosquito control (Ref. 6028). Not a seasonal killifish.

Habitat

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brackish