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Aplocheilus blockii Arnold, 1911

Green panchax
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Common names: Green panchax, Pachaimundakenni, பச்‍சைக் முண்டக்‍கண்ணி
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Rema Devi, K. and T.J. Indra, 2000
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Kutch southward to south Kerala (Ref. 41236) and Tamil Nadu (Ref. 45255). Recorded from Madras (Ref. 31272) and Tamil Nadu west coast and Coromandal coast (Ref. 43641). Also Ref. 4833. Status of threat: Data deficient in Western Ghats (Ref. 50614).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Menon, A.G.K., 1999
National Database:

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Aplocheilidae (Killifishes)
Etymology: Aplocheilus: Greek, aploe, -es = simplicity + Greek, cheilos = lip (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; non-migratory.   Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 13371)

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