Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911)

Climate Zone

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

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless