Lacustricola pygmaeus Bragança, Skelton, Bills, Tweddle & Chakona, 2021
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lacustricola pygmaeus Bragança, Skelton, Bills, Tweddle & Chakona, 2021
- Name authority
- Bragança, Skelton, Bills, Tweddle & Chakona, 2021
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Poeciliidae
- Genus
- Lacustricola
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCyprinodontiformes
- familyPoeciliidae Bonaparte, 1831
- subfamilyProcatopodinae Fowler, 1916
- genusLacustricola Myers, 1924
- speciesLacustricola pygmaeus Bragança, Skelton, Bills, Tweddle & Chakona, 2021
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lacustricola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lacustricola atripinna (Pfeffer, 1896) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola kassenjiensis (Ahl, 1924) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola moeruensis (Boulenger, 1914) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola myaposae (Boulenger, 1908) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola centralis (Seegers, 1996) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola bragancai Huber, 2020 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola nitida Nagy & Manda, 2020 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola gemma Nagy, 2025 | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola bukobanus (Ahl, 1924) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola katangae (Boulenger, 1912) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lacustricola kongoranensis (Ahl, 1924) | PoeciliidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Negreiros De Bragança, P. H., Skelton, P. H., Bills, R., Tweddle, D., & Chakona, A. (2021). Revalidation and Redescription of “Lacustricola” chobensis (Fowler, 1935) and Description of a New Miniature Species of “Lacustricola” from Southern Africa (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae). Ichthyology & Herpetology, 109. https://doi.org/10.1643/i2020046 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:D55FH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.