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Aphyosemion cognatum Meinken, 1951

Description

Common Names

  • Red-spotted killi , English , USA
  • Redspot panchax , English , USA
  • Punaviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • Roter Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany
  • 紅斑旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 红斑旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion cognatum Meinken, 1951

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: lower and middle Congo River basin (Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo)(Ref. 47461).

    • Biology

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

    Habitat

    benthopelagic