CreatureData

Blue panchax

Aplocheilus panchax (Hamilton, 1822)

Status not recordedbony fish

The blue panchax (Aplocheilus panchax) is a species in the family Aplocheilidae, order Cyprinodontiformes.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the blue panchax

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue panchax live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue panchax as introduced in 4 countries.

  1. Indonesia
  2. Malaysia
  3. Philippines
  4. Timor-Leste

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the blue panchax endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the blue panchax classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCyprinodontiformes
  5. familyAplocheilidae
  6. genusAplocheilus
  7. SpeciesAplocheilus panchax (Hamilton, 1822)

Synonyms Aplocheilus andamanicus, Aplocheilus armatus, Aplocheilus buchanani, Aplocheilus chrysostigmus, Aplocheilus dorsomarginatus, Aplocheilus javanica, Aplocheilus kuhlii, Aplocheilus lutescens, Aplocheilus marginatus, Aplocheilus mattei, Aplocheilus melanostigma, Aplocheilus melanotopterus, Aplocheilus panchax dorsomarginatus, Aplocheilus panchax lutescens, Aplocheilus panchax marginatus, Aplocheilus panchax mattei, Aplocheilus panchax panchax, Aplocheilus panchax rubropunctatus, Aplocheilus panchax siamensis, Aplocheilus panchaz, Aplocheilus rubrostigma, Aplocheitus panchax, Aplochelus melastigmus, Esox panchax, Haplocheilus pachax, Haplocheilus panchax, Haplochilus andamanicus, Haplochilus panchax, Haplochilus panchax lutescens, Haplochilus panchax marginatus, Haplochilus panchax mattei, Haplochilus panchax var. lutescens, Haplochilus panchax var. marginatus, Haplochilus panchax var. mattei, Homalopsis javanica, Odontopsis armata, Panchax buchanani, Panchax kuhlii, Panchax melanotopterus, Panchax panchax

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • štikovec indickýCzech
  • Blå panchaxDanish
  • DindiyaGujarati
  • Kepala TimahIndonesian
  • PernetJavanese
  • KudianKannada
  • PikooMarathi
  • Panchax AzulPortuguese
  • Щучка-панхаксRussian
  • MundakanniTamil
  • முண்டக் கண்ணிTamil

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the blue panchax

Other species in the same genus Aplocheilus.

CompareBlue panchax vs Malabar killiBlue panchax vs Green panchaxBlue panchax vs Aplocheilus kirchmayeriBlue panchax vs Dwarf panchax

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the blue panchax an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the blue panchax as introduced in 4 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Timor-Leste, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the blue panchax?

The blue panchax (Aplocheilus panchax) belongs to the family Aplocheilidae in the order Cyprinodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue panchax (Aplocheilus panchax). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-panchax

MLA

“Blue panchax (Aplocheilus panchax).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-panchax.

BibTeX
@misc{blue_panchax_2026,
  title = {Blue panchax (Aplocheilus panchax)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-panchax},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}