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Gulaphallus

Gulaphallus is a genus of fishes in the family Phallostethidae, native to the Philippines. They are mainly found in freshwater habitats, but G. panayensis is from brackish and marine habitats. It is the only genus in the subfamily Gulaphallinae.

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Gulaphallus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Phallostethidae
Subfamily: Gulaphallinae
Aurich, 19371
Genus: Gulaphallus
Herre, 1925
Type species
Gulaphallus eximius
Herre, 19252
Species

5 recognized species, see article.

Gulaphallus is a genus of fishes in the family Phallostethidae, native to the Philippines. They are mainly found in freshwater habitats, but G. panayensis is from brackish and marine habitats. It is the only genus in the subfamily Gulaphallinae.3

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:4

  • Gulaphallus bikolanus (Herre, 1926)
  • Gulaphallus eximius Herre, 1925
  • Gulaphallus falcifer Manacop, 1936
  • Gulaphallus mirabilis Herre, 1925
  • Gulaphallus panayensis (Herre, 1942)
References

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Gulaphallus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 361–362. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Gulaphallus". FishBase. June 2012 version.