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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 holotype of Aphyosemion (Mesoaphyosemion) etsamense: 'Gabon, western slopes of the Monts de Cristal, a small river at the village Etsam I, crossing the road N5 from Medoneu to Kougouleu' (Ref. 56139). Known from rivulets along the road N5 between Medoneu and Kougouleu (Ref. 56139).
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Main Ref: Sonnenberg, R. and T. Blum, 2005
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> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Aphyosemion: Greek, aphye, -es, sardine, anchovy + Greek, semeion = mark, signal (Ref. 45335); etsamense: Named after the village Etsam I, Gabon, at the type locality (Ref. 56139).

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

; acqua dolce benthopelagico. Tropical

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Africa: Monts de Cristal, northwestern Gabon (Ref. 56139).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.2 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 56139)

Short description Morfologia | Morfometria

Spine dorsali (totale): 0; Raggi dorsali molli (totale): 15-16; Spine anali 0; Raggi anali molli: 15 - 16. A slender and elongate species (Ref. 56139). The snout is rounded and the mouth directed upwards, the posterior end of mouth at the same level as center of the eye (Ref. 56139). Dorsal fin origin behind origin of anal fin and behind mid-length of body (Ref. 56139). Males have a nearly complete yellow dorsal fin with small irregular red dots only on basal and posterior edge of fin and complete blue colouration with red pigmentation of the sides; the red pigmentation is arranged in horizontal rows of dots which can fuse to closed or irregularly interrupted lines and in some specimens with red reticulation on the caudal peduncle (Ref. 56139). Females have a brown body, dorsally darker than ventrally; red dot at the end of scales, fusing to a reticulated pattern on caudal peduncle; unpaired and pelvic fins transparent with interradial red flames, anal and pelvic fins with traces of a small blueish marginal band, pectoral fins transparent with a small whitish marginal band (Ref. 56139).

The species can be found in small rainforest creeks and rivers with slow flowing water (Ref. 56139).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

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Sonnenberg, R. and T. Blum, 2005. Aphyosemion (Mesoaphyosemion) etsamense (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Monts de Cristal, northwestern Gabon. Bonn. Zool. Beitr. 53(1/2):211-220. (Ref. 56139)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00449 - 0.02680), b=2.92 (2.71 - 3.13), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Aphyosemion etsamense Sonnenberg & Blum, 2005