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Aphyosemion lefiniense Woeltjes, 1984

Description

Common Names

  • Keltakärkiviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • Lefini-Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion lefiniense Woeltjes, 1984

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: only known from the type locality, a small pool next to a fast flowing brook, tributary of the Lefini River (middle Congo River basin); presence at other localities needs confirmation (Ref. 47461).

    • Biology

    Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic