Aplocheilichthys pfaffi

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Family : Poeciliids; Occurs in small rivers , brooks and swamps (Ref. 6376). Not a seasonal killifish. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium [1].

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 832 meters (0 to 2,730 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Biology

Migration

Non-migratory.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Aplocheilichthys flavipinnis Meinken • Aplocheilichthys kingi (Non Boulenger • Aplocheilichthys longicauda Blache & Miton • Aplocheilichthys schoelleri (Non Boulenger • Haplochilichthys kingi (Non Boulenger • Micropanchax longicauda (Blache & Miton • Micropanchax pfaffi (Daget • Micropanchax schoelleri (Non Boulenger

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Daget, J. Les poissons du Niger supérieur. Mém. I.F.A.N. 36:391 p., 1954.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 24-Aug-1994

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aplocheilichthys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 42 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. antinorii (Black Lampeye) · A. brichardi (Brichard's Lampeye) · A. bukobanus (Bukoba Lampeye) · A. cameronensis (Cameroon Lampeye) · A. camerunensis (Cameroon Lampeye) · A. carlislei (Hummingbird Lampeye) · A. centralis (Central East African Lampeye) · A. fuelleborni (Fuelleborns´s Lampeye) · A. hutereaui (Hutereau´s Lampeye) · A. jeanneli (Omo Lampeye) · A. johnstoni (Johnston's Topminnow) · A. katangae (Lulua River Lamprey) · A. kongoranensis (Lambert's Lampeye) · A. lacustris (Kibiti Lampeye) · A. loati (Nile Killifish) · A. lualabaensis (Lualaba Lampeye) · A. luluae (Lulua River Lampeye) · A. luxophthalmus hannerzi (Hannerz' Lampeye) · A. luxophthalmus luxophthalmus (Hannerz' Lampeye) · A. macrophthalmus macrophthalmus (Lampeye Panchax) · A. macrophthalmus scheeli (Scheel's Lampeye) · A. macrurus (Big Tailed Lampeye) · A. maculatus (Spotted Lampeye) · A. maculatus lacustris (Kibiti Lampeye) · A. maculatus maculatus (Spotted Lampeye) · A. matthesi (Matthes' Lampeye) · A. moeruensis (Mweru Lampeye) · A. myaposae (Natal Topminnow) · A. myersi (Hummingbird Lampeye) · A. nigrolateralis (Mt. Nimba Lampeye) · A. normani (Norman´s Lampeye) · A. omoculatus (Ruaha Lampeye) · A. pfaffi (Pfaff's Lampeye) · A. pumilus (Tanganyika Lampeye) · A. rancureli (Rancurel's Lampeye) · A. rudolfianus (Lake Rudolf Lampeye) · A. schalleri (Schiötz' Lampeye) · A. spilauchen (Banded Lampeye) · A. spilauchena (Banded Lampeye) · A. sp. nov. 'Rovuma' (Rovuma Topminnow) · A. usanguensis (Usangu Lampeye) · A. vitschumbaensis (Bitschumbi Lampeye)

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Further Reading

• Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl (1991). Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p.
• Daget, J. Les poissons du Niger supérieur. Mém. I.F.A.N. 36:391 p., 1954.
• 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 Naturel
• Romand, R. (1992). Cyprinodontidae. p. 586-654. In C. Levêque, D. Paugy, and G.G. Teugels (eds.) Faune des poissons d'eaux douces et saumâtres d'Afrique de l'Ouest Tome 2. Coll. Faune Tropicale n° 28. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgi
• Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. Traoré (1988). État des connaissances sur la faune ichtyologique des bassins côtiers de Côte d'Ivoire et de l'ouest du Ghana. Rev. Hydrobiol. trop. 21(3):221-237.
• Wildekamp, R.H., R. Romand and J.J. Scheel (1986). Cyprinodontidae. p. 165-276. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Pari

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 31, 2012.
• Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
• FishBase 2006.
• FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
• Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3862838
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-29653
• Fishbase Species ID: 2463
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 102489

Footnotes

1. 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 Naturel ... [back]
2. Mean = -22.930 meters (-75.230 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,112.870 based on 15 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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