Description

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Common Names

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Pastelliviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland

Louesse-Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany

刚果旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

剛果旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Nothobranchiidae

Genus: Aphyosemion

Species: Aphyosemion louessense (Pellegrin, 1931)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Africa: Louessé River, Bouenza River and Niari River in Republic of Congo (Ref. 3788, 116455). Reports from upper Nyanga river in southern Gabon and Republic of Congo (Ref. 3788) refer to Aphyosemion jeanhuberi (Ref. 116455).

Biology

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Occurs in brooks and small streams in the rainforest and forested savanna of the inland plain (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish; easy to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

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benthopelagic