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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).
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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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Asia: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 41236)

Inhabits stationary and sheltered waters of rivers (Ref. 4833). Found under the surface in still waters, mainly coastal and often brackish, especially where there is surface vegetation or cover, such as mangrove swamps and rice fields. Swims slowly or stays stationary, often in small groups. Feeds on insects, larvae and fish fry. Valuable for mosquito control (Ref. 6028). Not a seasonal killifish.

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Costa, Wilson J.E.M. | Collaborators

Seegers, L., 1997. Killifishes of the world: Old world killis II: (Aplocheilus, Epiplatys, Nothobranchius). Aqualog, Verlag: A.C.S. Gmbh, Germany. 112 p. (Ref. 31272)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 October 2010

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5079 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.8 ±0.60 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Aplocheilus blockii Arnold, 1911