Systematic position Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes) Order: Beloniformes (Needlefishes) Family: Adrianichthyidae (Adrianichthyids) Subfamily: Oryziinae (Medakas or ricefishes) Genus: Oryzias Species: O. melastigmus Synonyms Aplocheilus melastigmus McClelland, 1839 Haplochilus melastigma (McClelland, 1839) Panchax argenteus Day, 1868 Panchax cyanopthalma Blyth,
Aplocheilus panchax
Synonyms: Esox panchax Hamilton, 1822, Fishes of the Ganges, p.221. Haplochilus panchax Day, 1878, Fishes of India. p. 523. Panchax panchax Weber and de Beaufort, 1922, Fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. 4, p. 374. Aplocheilus panchax Smith, 1945, Fishes of