Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924)

Climate Zone

Location

• Africa: southern Togo, southern Benin, and southern Nigeria.

Biology

Occurs in brooks and small streams in the coastal rainforest on quaternary sediment soil (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless