Deep-Sea taxon details
Pachypanchax playfairii (Günther, 1866)
281964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281964)
accepted
Species
Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pachypanchax playfairii (Günther, 1866). Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281964 on 2026-01-19
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Pachypanchax playfairii (Günther, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281964 on 2026-01-19
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(of Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866) Günther, A. (1866). Catalogue of fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Salmonidae, Percopsidae, Galaxidae, Mormyridae, Gymnarchidae, Esocidae, Umbridae, Scombresocidae, Cyprinodontidae, in the collection of the British Museum. 6: i-xv + 1-368. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachypanchax playfairii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To GenBank (4520 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To GenBank (4520 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Haplochilus playfairii USNM 12611 syntypes photograph 10 of 10) (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Haplochilus playfairii USNM 12611 syntypes photograph 4 of 10) (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pachypanchax playfairii)
To Fishbase (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To GenBank (4520 nucleotides; 60 proteins) (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To GenBank (4520 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Haplochilus playfairii USNM 12611 syntypes photograph 10 of 10) (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Haplochilus playfairii USNM 12611 syntypes photograph 4 of 10) (from synonym Haplochilus playfairii Günther, 1866)
To ITIS
