Description

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Common Names

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Kirju lippuim , Estonian , Estonia

Keltasaumaviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland

Raitaviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland

Ahls Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany

阿氏旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Afiosemion alya , Russian , Russia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion ahli Myers, 1933

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Africa: western and southwestern Cameroon southward to Rio Benito drainage in western Equatorial Guinea (Ref. 3788, 47461, 80395).

Biology

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Occurs in swamps, quiet parts of brook and flood pools in coastal rainforest (Ref. 47461, 80395). Usually in shallow water (Ref. 80395). Lives over mud substrate and among fallen leaves (Ref. 47461). Entomophagous (Ref. 51193). Not a seasonal killifish; difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

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benthopelagic