KILLIEFISHES

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The rather broad family Cyprinodontidae contains several hundred species of small, often extremely colorful fishes most heavily represented in the tropics of Africa and America.  Their classification is complex at both the family level and the species level, as the groups are poorly defined and species identification is often impossible. Included in the family are the various killifishes (Fundulus) and pupfishes (Cyprinodon) of North America, the allies of Rivulus and Cynolebias in South and Central America, the lyretails and fir killies and their relatives of Africa and southern Asia, the micropanchaz and lamp eyes and allies of Africa, and several genera that are hard to ally with the larger groups.  The Asian rice fishes are probably related and often considered to be killifishes of a sort.

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