Aphyosemion christyi, Christy's Lyretail : fisheries, aquarium

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Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915)

Christy's Lyretail
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Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Aphyosemion: Greek, aphye, -es, sardine, anchovy + Greek, semeion = mark, signal (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.

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

; Água doce bentopelágico; pH range: 6.0 - 6.5; dH range: 10 - ?; não migratória. Tropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)

Distribuição Países | Áreas FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

Africa: upper Ituri and tributaries (Ref. 86918, 87849) and Lindi and tributaries in the Ituri forest (Ref. 87849) in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Other reports (Ref. 3788, 27139, 47461) probably are misidentifications (see Ref. 86918, 87849).

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 27139)

Biologia     Glossário (ex. epibenthic)

It occurs mainly in the weedy and shallow parts of brooks, small streams, pools and swamps (Ref. 3788); these brooks are located in forested savannah (Ref. 3788). It is not a seasonal killifish and difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Referência principal Upload your references | Referências | Coordenador | Colaboradores

Van der Zee, J.R. and R. Sonnenberg, 2011. Aphyosemion musafirii (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Tshopo Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with some notes on the Aphyosemion of the Congo Basin. Bonn Zool. Bull. 60(1):73-87. (Ref. 86918)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

  Preocupação menor (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para o homem

  Harmless





Utilização humana


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