Description

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Common Names

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Banner lyretail , English , USA

Vöötsaba-lippuim , Estonian , Estonia

Marmoriviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland

Sahramiviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland

Rotsaumprachtkärpfling , German , Germany

Deba-ogoin , Ijo , Nigeria

玉旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

紅頦旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

红颏旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黃扁鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黄扁鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion calliurum (Boulenger, 1911)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Africa: southern Benin, southern Nigeria to southwestern Cameroon.

Biology

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Occurs in swamps and swampy parts of brooks, small streams and pools in the coastal rainforest (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

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benthopelagic