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Archiaphyosemion guineense (Daget, 1954)

Description

Common Names

  • Guinean killi , English , USA
  • Guinea-Prachtkärpfling , German , Germany
  • 几内亚旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 幾內亞旗鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cyprinodontiformes

    Family: Nothobranchiidae

    Genus: Archiaphyosemion

    Species: Archiaphyosemion guineense (Daget, 1954)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Africa: Guinea and Sierra Leone. Also known from the upper Niger and its affluents in Guinea (Ref. 7372). Liberia.

    • Biology

    Occurs in pools and small streams in the savanna (Ref. 3788). 7 cm SL (Ref. 7372). Not a seasonal killifish; difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic