EPIPLATEINI
Tribe Epiplateini Huber, 2000
It is quite possible the ancestral form of all killies was something like an Epiplatys or (Asian) Aplocheilus. In fact, Scheel, in his tome _Atlas of Killifish of the Old World_ saw no reason to separate Epiplatys from Aplochelius and all the pictures of Epiplatys in that book are referred to as Aplocheilus. This may have been too rash - time will tell - but to this day Epiplatys is Epiplatys. For now anyaway.
Tribe Adamantini Huber, 2000.
[Huber, J.H. 2000. Killi-Data 2000. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Cyprinodontiformes). Cybium, Soc. fr. Ichtyologie, Ed., Paris.: 538 pp., figs.]
* Genus Adamas Huber, 1979.
Subfamily Epiplateinae Huber, 2000.
[Huber, J.H. 2000. Killi-Data 2000. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Cyprinodontiformes). Cybium, Soc. fr. Ichtyologie, Ed., Paris.: 538 pp., figs.]
Tribe Epiplateini Huber, 2000.
* Genus Epiplatys Gill, 1862.
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CALLOPANCHINI
Tribe Callopanchini Huber, 2000
The fish formerly known as "Roloffia".
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NOTHOBRANCHIINI
Family Nothobranchiidae Garman, 1895.
Whereas Apyosemion and Epiplatys species are generally found in forest streams, nothos are found in bodies of water inhabiting more open ground. The fishes themselves are almost all fat bodied smaller fish; while many of them look rather alike in terms of coloration (blue bodie/red tail) many are unique and one in particular - N. rachovii might be one of the prettiest freshwater fish, ever.
Family Nothobranchiidae Garman, 1895.
[Garman, S. 1895. The cyprinodonts. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 19 (1): 1-179, 12 plates.]
Subfamily Nothobranchiinae Garman, 1895.
Tribe Nothobranchiini Garman, 1895.
Subtribe Nothobranchiina Garman, 1895.
Genus Nothobranchius Peters, 1868.
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PROCATOPODINA
Subtribe Procatopodina Fowler, 1916.
Lampeyes are most un-killi like in their behaviour and habits being fast swimming schooling fish. That's because they are Poecilids, that is these particular egg laying tooth carps are more closely related to live bearing tooth carps - guppies, platies and the like - than other killifish. In fact Lampeyes and Livebearers are both member of family Poecilidae. Technically this makes livebearers killifish.
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ADAMANTINI
Tribe Adamantini Huber, 2000
A single Genus: Adamas Huber, 1979
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APLOCHEILIDAE
Family Aplocheilidae Bleeker, 1859
Pachypanchax (found only in Madagascar) are the only African genera in Aplocheilidae. The other Genus in Aplocheilidae is represented in India by Apolcheilus.
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APLOCHEILICHTHYINI
Tribe Aplocheilichthyini Myers, 1928
Genus Aplocheilichthys Bleeker, 1862
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APHYOSEMIINA
Subtribe Aphyosemiina Huber, 2000
The genus Aphyosemion contains its fair share of the number of all killies; these species include the easiest, hardest, and very nearly the smallest and biggest of all killies. Aphy. australe was among the earliest of all killi imports in the first decade of 1900 and is to this day a perennial favorite.
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MICROPANCHINA
Subtribe Micropanchina Huber, 2000
Huber, J.H. 2000. Killi-Data 2000. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Cyprinodontiformes). Cybium, Soc. fr. Ichtyologie, Ed., Paris.: 538 pp., figs
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