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Anablepsoides lungi (Berkenkamp, 1984)

Description

Common Names

  • Toumblouc , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Loangouma , Djuka (Boni) , French Guiana
  • Kamoulibo , Galibi , French Guiana
  • Wilili , Oyampi , French Guiana

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Rivulidae

    Genus: Anablepsoides

    Species: Anablepsoides lungi (Berkenkamp, 1984)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: French Guiana (Ref. 36579) and Suriname (Ref. 59052). Status of this species is uncertain; possibly a regional form of Rivulus urophthalmus.

    • Biology

    Occurs in flooded savannas and coastal swamps which are sunlit. Frequently found in shallow waters and is sympatric with other Rivulus of French Guiana except R. ocellatus (Ref. 27188). Not a seasonal killifish. Juveniles are released from eggs measuring 1.2 mm (Ref. 35237). Sexual differentiation is possible at 4 months; sexual maturity is reached at 5 months of age (Ref. 27188). Calm and passive; is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    brackish