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Aphyolebias peruensis (Myers, 1954)

Description

Common Names

  • Peruvian longfin , English , USA
  • Kultahuntukala , Finnish , Finland
  • Peru-Schleierkärpfling , German , Germany
  • 祕魯羽唇鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 秘鲁羽唇鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Zagrzebiec peruwianski , Polish , Poland

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Rivulidae

    Genus: Aphyolebias

    Species: Aphyolebias peruensis (Myers, 1954)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • South America: Amazon River Basin.

    • Biology

    Bottom spawner, 9 months incubation. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic