Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal soft rays: 12 - 15.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895)

Climate Zone

Location

• Africa: southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.

Biology

Restricted to brooks in the coastal rainforest with a calcium containing soil (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless