Description

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Common Names

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Kap Lopez ] , Danish , Denmark

Cape Lopez lyretail , English , USA

Chocolate Australe , English , USA

Chocolate lyretail , English , USA

Gold Australe , English , USA

Gold lyretail , English , USA

Lyre-tailed Panchax , English , USA

Lyretail panchax , English , USA

Orange Australe , English , USA

Lõuna-lippuim , Estonian , Estonia

Mbonha , Fang , Gabon

Kirjoviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland

Killi , French , Gabon

Bunter Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany

Kap Lopez , German , Germany

琴尾旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Yuzhnyi afiosemion , Russian , Russia

Pisani prelestnik , Slovene , Slovenia

Kap Lopez , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Africa: Angola, Gabon, Cameroon and Congo.

Biology

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Feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 7020). Two color morphs, chocolate and gold, are in the aquarium trade (Ref. 4537). Not a seasonal killifish. Aquarium keeping: minimum aquarium size 60 cm (Ref. 51539).

Habitat

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benthopelagic