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Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)

Description

Common Names

  • Stribet panchax , Danish , Denmark
  • Malabar killie , English , India
  • Striped panchax , English , USA
  • Vöödiline haugfundulus , Estonian , Estonia
  • Juovasukkulakala , Finnish , Finland
  • Juovavaanija , Finnish , Finland
  • Piku , German , Germany
  • Streifenhechtling , German , Germany
  • Dindiya , Gujarati , India
  • Kudian , Kannada , India
  • Moogumalli , Kannada , India
  • Choottan , Malayalam , India
  • Manattukanni , Malayalam , India
  • Varayan poonjan , Malayalam , India
  • ചൂട്ടന് , Malayalam , India
  • മാനത്ത് കണ്ണി , Malayalam , India
  • വരയന് പൂഞ്ഞാന് , Malayalam , India
  • 線紋鰕鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 线纹鰕鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Pikoo , Marathi , India
  • Piku , Marathi , India
  • Poochatie , Marathi , India
  • Tic , Marathi , India
  • Szczupienczyk pregowany , Polish , Poland
  • Panchax-listrado , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Rubrostigma , Portuguese , Brazil
  • Linjetandkarp , Swedish , Sweden
  • Manankanni , Tamil , India
  • Mundakanni , Tamil , India
  • Vanampartha meen , Tamil , India
  • முண்டக் கண்ணி , Tamil , India

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Aplocheilidae

    Genus: Aplocheilus

    Species: Aplocheilus lineatus (Valenciennes, 1846)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia: Widely distributed in Peninsular India (Ref. 41236). Reported from Sri Lanka (Ref. 1739).

    • Biology

    Lives in streams and reservoirs at high altitudes, and in rivers, wells of the plains, low-lying paddy fields, swamps and brackish waters (Ref. 4833). Utilized for mosquito control (Ref. 1672). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139). Aquarium keeping: minimum aquarium size 80 cm (Ref. 51539).

    Habitat

    brackish