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Aphyosemion lujae (Boulenger, 1911)

Description

Common Names

  • Kongonviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • 卢佳旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 盧佳旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Krasnopolosyi lirokhvost , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion lujae (Boulenger, 1911)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: Kasai and Sankuru River drainages (middle Congo River basin) in southern Democratic Republic of the Congo; possibly also in the Alima in Republic of Congo (Ref. 47461).

    • Biology

    Occurs in brooks and small streams in the rainforest and gallery forest (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic