Description

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

Common Names

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Tobåndet fanekarpe , Danish , Denmark

Red lyretail , English , USA

Two-banded killi , English , USA

Twostripe lyretail , English , USA

Triibuline lippuim , Estonian , Estonia

Gebänderter Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany

Deba-ogoin , Ijo , Nigeria

何氏旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

紅旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

红旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Afiosemion dvukhpolosyi , Russian , Russia

Progasti prelestnik , Slovene , Slovenia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Africa: southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.

Biology

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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

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benthopelagic