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Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911)

Description

Common Names

  • Jewel killi , English , USA
  • Kultaviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • Gelber Rotstreifen-Prachkärpfling , German , Germany
  • Kamerun-Kärpfling , German , Germany
  • 短旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: Sanaga, Nyong, Lobo, upper Ivindo, Dja, Boumbé and Boumba in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo; possibly also in the Central African Republic (Ref. 47461).

    • Biology

    Occurs in swamps, swampy parts of brooks and small streams under forest cover on the inland plains rainforest (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic