Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion calliurum (Boulenger, 1911)

Climate Zone

Location

• Africa: southern Benin, southern Nigeria to southwestern Cameroon.

Biology

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

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless