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Aphyosemion decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904)

Description

Common Names

  • Punapilkkuviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • 戴氏旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • 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