Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion batesii (Boulenger, 1911)

Climate Zone

Location

• Africa: Sanaga, Nyong, Ntem, Ivindo, Lobo, Dja, Sangha, Doumé, Boumba, lower Ubangi and middle Congo River basin in Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 47774).

Biology

Restricted to the inland plateau (Ref. 47774) where it inhabits raffia swamps and swampy parts of shallow brooks under forest cover (Ref. 3788, 47774). Bottom spawner, 2 months incubation (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless