# Procatopodidae

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**Procatopodidae**, the **African lampeyes**, are a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [ray-finned fish](/source/Ray-finned_fish) in the [order](/source/Order_(biology)) [Cyprinodontiformes](/source/Cyprinodontiformes).[2]

They were formerly treated as a subfamily (**Procatopodinae**) of the [Poecilidae](/source/Poeciliidae). Despite containing mostly African genera (including *[Pantanodon](/source/Pantanodon)*), the South American *[Fluviphylax](/source/Fluviphylax)* was also placed in it as its own tribe. However, more recent studies have found this treatment to be paraphyletic; [Pantanodontidae](/source/Pantanodontidae), [Fluviphylacidae](/source/Fluviphylacidae), and Procatopodidae are their own families distinct from Poecilidae, and the former two are distinct from Procatopodidae as well. Meanwhile, the Aplocheilichthyinae, previously treated as a separate subfamily of Poecilidae, are known to belong to the Procatopodidae. This family is thought to be the [sister group](/source/Sister_group) to the clade comprising [Aphaniidae](/source/Aphaniidae) and [Valenciidae](/source/Valencia_(fish)).[3][4]

## Subdivisions

The family Procatopodidae is divided into two subfamilies and 14 [genera](/source/Genus):[5][6]

- Subfamily [Aplocheilichthyinae](/source/Aplocheilichthyinae) Myers 1928 - *[Aplocheilichthys](/source/Aplocheilichthys)* [Bleeker](/source/Pieter_Bleeker), 1863
- Subfamily Procatopodinae [Fowler](/source/Henry_Weed_Fowler), 1916 - *[Aapticheilichthys](/source/Aapticheilichthys)* Huber, 2011 - *[Congopanchax](/source/Congopanchax)* Poll, 1971 - *[Hylopanchax](/source/Hylopanchax)* Poll & Lambert, 1965 - *[Hypsopanchax](/source/Hypsopanchax)* Myers, 1924 - *[Laciris](/source/Laciris)* Huber, 1981 - *[Lacustricola](/source/Lacustricola)* Myers, 1924 - *[Lamprichthys](/source/Lamprichthys)* [Regan](/source/Charles_Tate_Regan), 1911 - *[Micropanchax](/source/Micropanchax)* Myers, 1924 - *[Plataplochilus](/source/Plataplochilus)* [Ahl](/source/Ernst_Ahl), 1928 - *[Platypanchax](/source/Platypanchax)* Ahl, 1928 - *[Poropanchax](/source/Poropanchax)* [Clausen](/source/Stenholt_Clausen), 1967 - *[Procatopus](/source/Procatopus)* [Boulenger](/source/George_Albert_Boulenger), 1904 - *[Rhexipanchax](/source/Rhexipanchax)* [Huber](/source/Jean_Henri_Huber), 1999

## References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". *Zootaxa*. **3882** (2): 001–230. [doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1). [PMID 25543675](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25543675)

1. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). [*Fishes of the World*](https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/). 5th ed. Wiley. p. 371. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.

1. Pedro Bragança & Wilson J E M Costa (2019). "Multigene fossil-calibrated analysis of the African lampeyes (Cyprinodontoidei: Procatopodidae) reveals an early Oligocene origin and Neogene diversification driven by palaeogeographic and palaeoclimatic events". *Organisms Diversity & Evolution*. **19** (2): 303–320. [doi:10.1007/s13127-019-00396-1](https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-019-00396-1) Abstract

1. Bragança, Pedro H. N.; Amorim, Pedro F.; Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2018-02-09). ["Pantanodontidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), the sister group to all other cyprinodontoid killifishes as inferred by molecular data"](https://zse.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=22173). *Zoosystematics and Evolution*. **94** (1): 137–145. [doi:10.3897/zse.94.22173](https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.22173). [ISSN 1860-0743](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1860-0743)

1. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). ["ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION"](https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification). *California Academy of Sciences*. Retrieved 2025-02-10.

1. Bragança, Pedro H. N.; Amorim, Pedro F.; Costa, Wilson J. E. M. (2018-02-09). ["Pantanodontidae (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), the sister group to all other cyprinodontoid killifishes as inferred by molecular data"](https://zse.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=22173). *Zoosystematics and Evolution*. **94** (1): 137–145. [doi:10.3897/zse.94.22173](https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.94.22173). [ISSN 1860-0743](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/1860-0743)

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