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Aphyosemion bualanum (Ahl, 1924)

Description

Common Names

  • Savanniviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • Kekem-Pachtkärpfling , German , Germany
  • 布阿拉宁旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 布阿拉寧旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion bualanum (Ahl, 1924)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: drainages of the Logone, Chari, Mayo Kebbi and possibly upper Benue in northern Cameroon, western Central African Republic and southeastern Chad; possibly also in eastern Nigeria (Ref. 47461).

    • Biology

    Occurs in brooks and swamps in the open and humid grassland savanna on the highlands (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic