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panchax, n.
Brit. |ˈpantʃaks|, U.S. |ˈpænˌtʃæks|
Plural unchanged, panchaxes[rare]
[‹ scientific Latin panchax, specific name (see quot. 1822), later also a genus name (Cuvier and A. Valenciennes Hist. nat. des poissons (1846) XVIII. 380), of uncertain origin; perhaps > comb. form), although the suffixation is unclear); apparently so called on account of the entirety of the tail fin (compare quot. 1822).]
Originally: a fish of the former genus Panchax of small Old World tropical killifishes (family Poeciliidae); (in form Panchax) the genus itself. In later use more widely: any of numerous killifishes, esp. of the genus Aplocheilus, and including many popular aquarium species.
Members of the former genus Panchax are now included in Aplocheilus.
1822F. Hamilton Fishes Ganges 282 Esox panchax, an Esox with the fin of the tail entire... The Panchax (Pangchak) is very common in the ditches and ponds of Bengal. 1911Amer. Naturalist 45 437 Regan regards Panchax as a genus distinct from Aplocheilus. 1924Copeia No. 129. 43 The breeding habits..are stated to be the same as those of the Asiatic Aplocheilus, while the breeding of Aplocheilichthys is like that of Panchax. 1937Proc. Royal Soc. Lond. 12360 Haplochilus and Panchax are Indian types; the other two are imported forms. 1952G. F. Hervey & J. Hems Freshwater Trop. Aquarium Fishes 249 (heading) The Dwarf/Madras/Green Panchax. Native to the Madras and Coromandel coasts. 1985B. Ward Fish Survival Guide ii. 102 They spawn in floating plants or nylon mops, like the other panchaxes. 1997G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xv. 247/1 Sexual dimorphism reaches extremes in the elongate, brightly colored median fins of male rivulines (e.g., lyretails, panchax,..and pupfishes). |