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Aphyosemion elegans (Boulenger, 1899)

Description

Common Names

  • Elegant killi , English , USA
  • Koruviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • Eleganter Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany
  • 美丽旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 美麗旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion elegans (Boulenger, 1899)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: middle Congo River drainage in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Republic of Congo (Ref. 91032). Reported from the Tshuapa River, lower Ubangi (Ref. 47461, 91032), Itimbiri (Ref. 86918, 91032), Sangha (Ref. 47461), Likouala (Ref. 86918), Lulonga (Ref. 47461) and lower Lomami, and lakes Tumba and Mai Ndombe (Ref. 91032).

    • Biology

    Occurs in brooks, swamps parts of small streams, swamps, pools and border regions of lakes; 5 cm TL (Ref. 3788, 47461). Not a seasonal killifish; difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic