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Aphyosemion striatum (Boulenger, 1911)

Description

Common Names

  • Rødstribet killi , Danish , Denmark
  • Punajuovaviiripyrstö , Finnish , Finland
  • Gestreifter Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany
  • 五線旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 五线旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Aphyosemion

    Species: Aphyosemion striatum (Boulenger, 1911)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: lower Mitémele river drainage in southern Equatorial Guinea and the Mbei, Komo, Gabon, Abanga and lower Ogowe river drainages in northwestern Gabon.

    • Biology

    Occurs in swamps, brooks and small streams in the coastal rainforest (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic