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Ceylon killifish

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

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

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aplocheilus dayi". 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.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2019). "Order Cyprinodontiformes: Families Aplocheilidae and Nothobranchiidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 August 2019.