Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Teleostei
Elasmobranchii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Petromyzonti
Holocephali
Myxini
Cladistii
Coelacanthi

Species Order

Osmeriformes
Gymnotiformes
Lamniformes
Perciformes/Bembropoidei
Chimaeriformes
Lepisosteiformes
Argentiniformes
Osteoglossiformes
Mugiliformes
Clupeiformes
Albuliformes
Myliobatiformes
Galaxiiformes
Kurtiformes
Coelacanthiformes
Holocentriformes
Perciformes/Percoidei
Gobiesociformes
Beryciformes
Blenniiformes
Characiformes
Lampriformes
Amiiformes
Squaliformes
Echinorhiniformes
Gonorynchiformes
Salmoniformes
Aulopiformes
Perciformes/Serranoidei
Cyprinodontiformes

Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915)

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915)

Climate Zone

Tropical

Location

Africa: upper Ituri and tributaries (Ref. 86918, 87849) and Lindi and tributaries in the Ituri forest (Ref. 87849) in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Other reports (Ref. 3788, 27139, 47461) probably are misidentifications (see Ref. 86918, 87849).

Biology

It occurs mainly in the weedy and shallow parts of brooks, small streams, pools and swamps (Ref. 3788); these brooks are located in forested savannah (Ref. 3788). It is not a seasonal killifish and difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

benthopelagic