Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion ferranti (Boulenger, 1910)

Climate Zone

Location

• Africa: Sankuru and upper and middle Kasai drainage systems (middle Congo River basin) in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 47461).

Biology

Occurs in brooks under forest cover (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Expérimenté: Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless