panchax

American

[pan-chaks] / ˈpæn tʃæks /

noun

any of a variety of colorful tropical Old World fishes of the genus Aplocheilus and related genera: popular in home aquariums.

panchax British

/ ˈpænˌtʃæks /

noun

any of several brightly coloured tropical Asian cyprinodont fishes of the genus Aplocheilus, such as A. panchax ( blue panchax )

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Etymology

Origin of panchax

First recorded in 1960–65; from New Latin (formerly a genus name); of unexplained origin

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