Aplocheilus parvus – Dwarf Panchax | 水產百科網

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Panchax parvus Sundara Raj, 1916; Haplochilus panchax madrensis Schermer, 1924

Aplocheilus: from the Greek απλός (apló) meaning ‘simple, plain’, and χείλος (cheílos), meaning ‘lip’.

parvus: from the Latin parvus, meaning ‘little, cheap’.

Order: Cyprinodontiformes Family: Aplocheilidae[1][2]

Native to Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India.

Type locality is given simply as ‘Madras, India’, corresponding to modern day Chennai.

This species is euryhaline and mostly inhabits lowland, often coastal, habitats containing still or slow-moving brackish or freshwater.

It displays a preference for habitats with surface vegetation or overhanging cover and is commonly found in mangrove swamps and rice paddies.