Ceylon Killifish

Ceylon killifish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Aplocheilidae
Genus:	Aplocheilus
Species:	A. dayi
Binomial name
	Aplocheilus dayi; Steindachner, 1892

Short description: Species of fish

The Ceylon killifish (Sinhala: උඩ හඳයා, romanized: uda handaya; Aplocheilus dayi) is a species of killifish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species grows to a length of 9 cm (3.5 in).^[1] Males and females have a black dot at the rear end of the base of the dorsal fin. The females lay 50–150 eggs.^[2] The specific name of this fish honours the Inspector-General of Fisheries in India Francis Day (1829-1889), who first reported this fish, although he identified it as Aplocheilus panchax.^[3]

References

↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Aplocheilus dayi" in FishBase. August 2012 version.
↑ McInerny, Derek; Geoffry Gerard (1989). All About Tropical Fish Fourth Edition. Great Britain: Harrap Limited. pp. 286. ISBN 0-8160-2168-6. https://archive.org/details/allabouttropical00mcin/page/286.
↑ "Order Cyprinodontiformes: Families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 31 May 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes1/.

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[1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Aplocheilus dayi" in FishBase. August 2012 version.

[2] McInerny, Derek; Geoffry Gerard (1989). All About Tropical Fish Fourth Edition. Great Britain: Harrap Limited. pp. 286. ISBN 0-8160-2168-6. https://archive.org/details/allabouttropical00mcin/page/286.

[ETYFish-3] "Order Cyprinodontiformes: Families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 31 May 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes1/.