Animalia > Chordata > Cyprinodontiformes > Aplocheilidae > Aplocheilus > Aplocheilus panchax

Aplocheilus panchax (White spot; Spotted ricefish; Spotted medaka; Silver-head; Panchax minnow; Lead-head; Killie; Java medaka; Estuarine ricefish; Blue panchax; Blue eye)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The blue panchax or whitespot (Aplocheilus panchax) is a common freshwater fish found in a large variety of habitats due to its high adaptability. This species is native to southern Asia from Pakistan to Indonesia. It has been discovered in two hot springs in Singapore. Identified by a white-coloured spot on its head, the species can reach up to 9 cm (3.5 in) in length; it tends to keep to the surface of the water, and controls the mosquito population by feeding on their larvae.
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Infraspecies

Haplochilus panchax var. panchax

Protected Areas

Predators

Chaca bankanensis (Angler catfish)[1]
Channa punctata (Spotted snakehead)[2]

Consumers

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS OF CHANNA PUNCTATA (BLOCH) FROM GUNTUR, P. BALASUNDAR REDDY, Indian Journal of Fisheries, Vol 27, No 1 & 2 (1980), p. 123-129
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0