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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).
Eponymy: Franz Werner was an American aquarist and killifish keeper from Detroit. He was described in the etymology as the ‘late’ Franz Werner, ‘modern amateur student of rivulins’ and an ‘eminent American killifish fancier’. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; pH range: 6.0 - 7.2; dH range: 1 - ?; non migrateur. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 2059)
Africa: Cameroon.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27139)
Occurs in very small pools, shallows in swamps and shallow swampy parts of brooks in the rainforest (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menacé (EN) (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)); Date assessed: 16 February 2009
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt
Outils
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