Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda 2008
A Speckled Mosquitofish, Phalloceros harpagos - Perth, Western Australia - introduced. Source: Mark Maddern / FishBase. License: All rights reserved
Summary:
An introduced South American poeciliid that is only well established in urban aquatic habitats of south‐western Australia.
Cite this page as:
Dianne J. Bray, Phalloceros harpagos in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/5009
Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda 2008
More Info
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Distribution |
Native distribution: South America - Rio Paraná-Paraguay river basin and coastal drainages from Itaboapana to Araranguá River, Brrazil. |
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Author |
Dianne J. Bray |
Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda 2008
References
Allen, G.R., S.H. Midgley and M. Allen, 2002. Field guide to the freshwater fishes of Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth, Western Australia. 394 pp. (as Phalloceros caudimaculatus)
Lucinda, P.H.F. 2008. Systematics and biogeography of the genus Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907 (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), with the description of twenty-one new species. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 6(2): 113-158.
Maddern, M.G. 2012. Biology and ecology of introduced Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda in south-western Australia : comparisons with the invasive poeciliid Gambusia holbrooki Girard. PhD thesis, University of Western Australia.
