The "P" killifish

Species List

Rivulus pacificus



Aphyosemion pamaense



Aplocheilus panchax panchax



Aplocheilus parvus


Aphyosemion pascheni



Nothobranchius patrizii



Austrolebias paucisquama



Rivulus (Atlantirivulus) peruibensis
Rivulus peruibensis

Rivulus paracatuensis


Simpsonichthys picturatus




Laciris pelagica

Laciris pelagica


Moema pepotei



Cynolebias perforatus



Austrolebias pelootapes



Micropanchax pfaffi


Nematolebias papilliferous



Cubanichthys pengelleyi


Cynolebias paraguassuensis


Rivulus paranaguensis

Rivulus (Atlantirivulus) paranaguensis, UFRJ 9794, holotype, male, 43.9 mm SL: Brazil: Paraná: Paranaguá.

Rivulus (Atlantirivulus) paranaguensis, UFRJ 6362, paratype, female, 34.0 mm SL: Brazil: Paraná: Paranaguá.


Neofundulus paraguayensis



Pterolebias phasianus




Epiplatys phoeniceps


Nothobranchius pienaari



Rivulus pivijay


Fluviphylax palikur


Pachypanchax playfairii

Pachypanchax playfairii


Before there was a "golden wonder" killifish (the modern version, A. lineatus) there was a "golden Panchax" in older aquarium literature. This fish, the only freshwater fish found in the Seychelles island is found nowhere else. A colony was transplanted to Zanzibar where it endures because it can tolerate freezing to well over 100 degrees F, full marine or fresh water or anything in between. They will eat anything and get along with fish as large or larger than them although some will fight. Paul Loiselle claims they're the meanest fish in the genus, and he should know, nobody has more experience with that genus.

Females can be easily recognized by the dark spot in the dorsal fin. In specimens ready to spawn the scales on the back ruffle up. This phenomenon is unique among all the fish species known so far.

Current thinking is this or something like it is ancestral to nearly all killifish.


Plataplochilus pulcher



Aphyosemion plagitaenium



Aphyosemion polli



"A. polli is one of the very few species with unspotted anal fin (or only few spots at base of fin)" - JVDZ



Nothobranchius polli



Aphyosemion punctulatum



Anablepsoides parlettei


Fundulus pulvereus


Hypsopanchax platysternus



Procatopus plumosus


Rivulus punctatus

Rivulus punctatus


Pantanodon podoxis


Austrolebias pongondo


Fundulopanchax powelli


Probably extinct. No live specimens ever brought back; only a very small number of people have ever seen the fish. They're black in color apparently.


Poropanchax pepo

"The finding of a Poropanchax species in Lower Congo was unexpected, since the closest known congeneric population is located in northwestern Gabon, some 700 kilometers to the north." - JVDZ.



Pituna poranga



Austrolebias periodicus



Austrolebias prognathus



Simpsonichthys parallelus



Profundulus portillorum


Profundulus parentiae



Nothobranchius prognathus



Moema peruensis




Neofundulus parvipinnis


Rivulus (Melanorivulus) proximus

Rivulus proximus


Rivulus paryagi



Hylopanchax paucisquamatus



Aphyosemion passaroi



Aphyosemion pseudoelegans



Pachypanchax patriciae

Pachypanchax patriciae



Spectrolebias piletti



Simpsonichthys punctulatus



Profundulus punctatus





Garmenella pulchra



Lacustricola pumilus



Aphyosemion pusillum


Epiplatys fasciolatus puetzi


Lucania parva


Fundulus parvapinnis


Xenurolebias pataxo


Fluviphylax pygmaeus


Rivulus polychromus



Floridichthys polyommus


Rachovia pyropunctata



Aphyosemion pyrophore


Both blue and yellow forms exists side by side in nature.

There has been some confiusion about the name in the past, explained herein.


PYS
Lacustricola pygmeus


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