Phallichthys quadripunctatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinodontoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Cyprinodontoidei

Familia: Poeciliidae
Subfamilia: Poeciliinae
Tribus: Poeciliini
Genus: Phallichthys
Species:

Phallichthys quadripunctatus Bussing, 1979

Holotype: LACM 36018-1. Paratypes: LACM 36018-2 (16); UCR 897-2 (18, 2 cs), 1017-1 (8); USNM 216559 [ex UCR 897-2] (5).
Type locality: Small tributary of Río Sixaola, .5 kilometers northeast of Chase on road between Puerto Viejo and Bratsi, Limón Province, Costa Rica.

Bussing, W.A., 1979: A new fish of the genus Phallichthys (Family Poeciliidae) from Costa Rica. Contributions in science, 301: 1–8. (PDF) Reference page.

Phallichthys quadripunctatus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on March 24, 2015.
Phallichthys quadripunctatus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Phallichthys quadripunctatus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.