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Aphyosemion congicum (Ahl, 1924)

Description

Common Names

  • Congo killi , English , USA
  • Kultakylkiviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • Schwarzflossen Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany
  • Schwarzflossiger Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany
  • 康吉旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion congicum (Ahl, 1924)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: some brooks under forest cover between the Kwango River and the Gamba River, southeast of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 3788, 47461).

    • Biology

    Only known from brooks under forest cover (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic