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Family: Procatopodidae African lampeyes



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Aapticheilichthys websteri Africa 3.1 SL 2007
Aplocheilichthys spilauchen Banded lampeye Africa 8 TL 1861
Congopanchax brichardi Brichard's lampeye Africa 3 TL 1971
Congopanchax myersi Hummingbird lampeye Africa 2.3 TL 1952
Hylopanchax leki Africa 2.9 SL 2013
Hylopanchax moke Africa 2.1 SL 2013
Hylopanchax multisquamatus Africa 2.3 SL 2020
Hylopanchax ndeko Africa 3 SL 2013
Hylopanchax paucisquamatus Africa 2.6 SL 2014
Hylopanchax silvestris Africa 4 SL 1958
Hylopanchax stictopleuron Blue lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1949
Hylopanchax thysi Africa 2.3 SL 2020
Hypsopanchax catenatus Chain lampeye Africa 6 TL 1981
Hypsopanchax jobaerti Africa 4.5 TL 1965
Hypsopanchax jubbi Southern deepbody Africa 5 TL 1965
Hypsopanchax platysternus Zaire lampeye Africa 5.5 TL 1917
Hypsopanchax stiassnyae Africa 3.0 SL 2015
Hypsopanchax zebra Zebra lampeye Africa 5.5 TL 1929
Laciris pelagica Africa 8 TL 1932
Lacustricola atripinna Africa 3.8 TL 1896
Lacustricola bukobanus Bukoba lampeye Africa 5 TL 1924
Lacustricola centralis Cental east african lampeye Africa 3.3 TL 1996
Lacustricola chobensis Africa 2.4 SL 1935
Lacustricola hutereaui Meshscaled topminnow Africa 3.5 TL 1913
Lacustricola jeanneli Omo lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1935
Lacustricola kassenjiensis Kasenye lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1924
Lacustricola katangae Striped topminnow Africa 5 TL 1912
Lacustricola kongoranensis Kongoro lampeye Africa 4 TL 1924
Lacustricola lacustris Kibiti Lampeye Africa 4 TL 1984
Lacustricola lualabaensis Lualaba lampeye Africa 4 TL 1938
Lacustricola macrurus Big tailed lampeye Africa 5 TL 1904
Lacustricola maculatus Spotted lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1957
Lacustricola matthesi Saisi lampeye Africa 3.9 TL 1996
Lacustricola mediolateralis Africa 5 TL 1967
Lacustricola moeruensis Moero lampeye Africa 4 TL 1914
Lacustricola myaposae Natal topminnow Africa 5.5 TL 1908
Lacustricola nigrolateralis Africa 4 TL 1967
Lacustricola nitida Africa 3.0 SL 2020
Lacustricola omoculatus Ruaha lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1977
Lacustricola petnehazyi Africa 1.9 SL 2018
Lacustricola pumilus Tanganyika lampeye Africa 5.5 TL 1906
Lacustricola pygmaeus Africa 2.1 SL 2021
Lacustricola usanguensis Usangu lampeye Africa 3 TL 1977
Lacustricola vitschumbaensis Bitschumbi lampeye Africa 5.5 TL 1924
Lamprichthys tanganicanus Tanganyika killifish Africa 15 SL 1898
Micropanchax antinorii Black lampeye Africa 4.5 TL 1883
Micropanchax bracheti Africa 4 TL 1983
Micropanchax camerunensis Cameroon lampeye Africa 3 TL 1971
Micropanchax ehrichi Africa 4 TL 1994
Micropanchax fuelleborni Lake Rukwa lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1924
Micropanchax johnstoni Johnston's topminnow Africa 8.5 TL 1894
Micropanchax keilhacki Africa 2.5 TL 1928
Micropanchax kingii Africa 4 TL 1913
Micropanchax loati Nile killifish Africa 4 TL 1901
Micropanchax pfaffi Pfaff's lampeye Africa 3.5 TL 1954
Micropanchax rudolfianus Lake Rudolf lampeye Africa 3 TL 1932
Plataplochilus cabindae Africa 5 TL 1911
Plataplochilus chalcopyrus Flame lampeye Africa 3.1 SL 1963
Plataplochilus eliasi Africa 4.1 SL 2022
Plataplochilus loemensis Loeme lampeye Africa 6 TL 1924
Plataplochilus miltotaenia Red striped lampeye Africa 5 TL 1963
Plataplochilus mimus Africa 2.9 SL 1967
Plataplochilus ngaensis Nga lampeye Africa 5 TL 1924
Plataplochilus pulcher Africa 3.5 SL 1967
Plataplochilus terveri Terver's lampeye Africa 5.5 TL 1981
Platypanchax modestus Ruwenzori lampeye Africa 6 TL 1914
Poropanchax luxophthalmus Africa 4 TL 1929
Poropanchax normani Norman's lampeye Africa 4.5 TL 1928
Poropanchax pepo Africa 3.0 SL 2019
Poropanchax rancureli Rancurel's lampeye Africa 5 TL 1965
Poropanchax scheeli Scheel's lampeye Africa 4 TL 1971
Poropanchax stigmatopygus West Africa. 2.4 SL 2004
Procatopus aberrans Bluegreen lampeye Africa 5.5 TL 1927
Procatopus nototaenia Large finned lampeye Africa 6 TL 1904
Procatopus similis Variable lampeye Africa 6 TL 1927
Rhexipanchax kabae Africa 4.5 TL 1962
Rhexipanchax lamberti Lambert's lampeye Africa 4.5 TL 1962
Rhexipanchax nimbaensis Mt. Nimba lampeye Africa 4.5 TL 1948
Rhexipanchax schiotzi Schiøtz' lampeye Africa 4 TL 1968



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