Description

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Common Names

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Zebra lampeye , English , USA

Seepratähtisilmä , Finnish , Finland

Zebra-Leuchtaugenfisch , German , Germany

条纹花高鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

條紋花高鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Procatopodidae

Genus: Hypsopanchax

Species: Hypsopanchax zebra (Pellegrin, 1929)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Occurs in small forest brooks and rivers, usually moderate to fast-flowing bodies of water under forest cover (Ref. 59344). Not a seasonal killifish. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

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benthopelagic