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Scriptaphyosemion wieseae Sonnenberg & Busch, 2012

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: live export: yes;
Comments: Type locality of the holotype of Scriptaphyosemion wieseae: 'Sierra Leone, Lenghe Curoh, Sanghi or Sanigi River' (Ref. 91031). Known from Rokel River basin (Ref. 91031).
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Main Ref: Sonnenberg, R. and E. Busch, 2012
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: wieseae: The new species is named after Barbara Wiese, who was the first who recognized it as a new Scriptaphyosemion species (Ref. 91031).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic.   Tropical

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Africa: northern Sierra Leone between the Sula and Wara Wara mountains, located within the Seli or Rokel River basin (Ref. 91031).

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91031)

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 17; Vertebrae: 29 - 30. Diagnosis: Scriptaphyosemion wieseae is distinguished from its congeners by a unique combination of male and female coloration characters (Ref. 91031). Males have a blue body color, red dots on side forming irregular, interrupted red stripes, especially on caudal peduncle a more reticulated pattern, unpaired and pelvic fins centre blue with a narrow blue margin and a broad red submargin, on anal and dorsal fin a small number of basal red blotches, centre of caudal fin with some red blotches, pectoral transparent to orange with a blue margin; females with a dark brown midlateral stripe, interrupted on caudal peduncle, body on lower half of side and ventrally orange vs. a mainly red lateral body color in male S. cauveti (Ref. 91031).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Present in small rivers and a large rice swamp (Ref. 91031).

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Sonnenberg, R. and E. Busch, 2012. Description of Scriptaphyosemion wieseae (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from northern Sierra Leone. Bonn Zool. Bull. 61(1):13-28. (Ref. 91031)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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