Animalia > Chordata > Cyprinodontiformes > Aplocheilidae > Aplocheilus > Aplocheilus dayi

Aplocheilus dayi (Day's panchax; Day's killifish; Ceylon panchax; Ceylon killifish)

Synonyms: Aplocheilus dayi dayi; Haplochilus dayi; Panchax lineatus dayi
Language: Danish; Finnish; German; Mandarin Chinese; Sinhalese

Wikipedia Abstract

The Ceylon killifish (Aplocheilus dayi) is a species of killifish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species grows to a length of 9 cm (3.5 in). Males and females have a black dot at the rear end of the base of the dorsal fin. The females lay 50–150 eggs.
View Wikipedia Record: Aplocheilus dayi

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Aplocheilus dayi

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Annaiwilundawa Tanks Sanctuary 3452 Sri Lanka      

External References

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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