Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904)

Climate Zone

Location

• Africa: middle Ubangi River drainage in southern Central African Republic; possibly also in northern Congo Republic and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 47461).

Biology

Occurs in brooks found in the savanna (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Data deficient

Threat to Humans

Harmless