Aphanius dispar, Arabian pupfish : aquarium

Aphanius dispar (Rüppell, 1829)

Arabian pupfish
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Cyprinodontidae (Pupfishes) > Cyprinodontinae
  More on author: Rüppell.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; non-migratory.   Subtropical; 16°C - 26°C (Ref. 2060)

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Indian Ocean: Egypt to Somalia southward to Eil, a landlocked population in the Siwa Oasis, western Egypt. Immigrant through the Suez Canal into the southeastern Mediterranean basin, Egypt and Israel. Elsewhere: Dead Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, western India; landlocked populations in Saudi Arabia, Iran.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27139)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 8-11; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Occurs in coastal zones, also found in oasis pools with hypersaline to fresh water (Ref. 3788). Forms schools. Chiefly a herbivorous species (Ref. 13530). Spawn in areas where roots of hyacinth or other floating plants abound (Ref. 44327). Not a seasonal killifish. Very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Costa, Wilson J.E.M. | Collaborators

Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., S. Vatandoust, S. Eagderi, S. Jafari-Kenari and H. Mousavi-Sabet, 2015. Freshwater fishes of Iran; an updated checklist. AACL Bioflux 8(6):855-909. (Ref. 106319)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 120744)

  Endangered (EN) (B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv)+2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)c(i)); Date assessed: 24 February 2014

CITES (Ref. 118484)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Aquarium: potential
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 25 - 29.2, mean 27.4 (based on 519 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00536 - 0.01025), b=3.18 (3.11 - 3.25), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic Level (Ref. 69278):  2.8   ±0.26 se; Based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assuming tm=1 and Fec < 1000).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (15 of 100) .