Overview
Interesting Facts
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
The species is found in small rivers
, books and swamps
of the forested
savannah in foothills of the plateau
. These streams
are recorded
as being clear water with some flow rate
over a sand
base
. Depth
of water has been recorded at 30 cm, water temperature
20-30°C. Sympatric
species include E.chaperi sheljuzhkoi,
E.chaperi schreiberi, E.olbrechtsi
olbrechtsi and Poropanchax
rancureli.
This species is found in mid-water levels
in shoals
. They lay
eggs
on aquatic plants
and roots
of terrestrial
plants
at waters edge
. Sexual maturity in 20 weeks. Full maturity
at 7 months with a life expectancy of 3 years.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )
- 5.4 Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps, Fens , Peatlands [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Berg, 1940
- Family:
Poeciliidae
()
- Garman, 1895
- Subfamily:
Aplocheilichthyinae
()
- Genus:
Rhexipanchax
()
- Specific name:
schioetzi
- (Scheel, 1968)
- Scientific name: - Rhexipanchax schioetzi (Scheel, 1968)
- Specific name:
schioetzi
- (Scheel, 1968)
- Genus:
Rhexipanchax
(
- Subfamily:
Aplocheilichthyinae
(
- Family:
Poeciliidae
(
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Aplocheilichthys monikae • Aplocheilichthys schioetzi • Aplocheilichthys terofali
Notes
Paugy et al. use Rhexipanchax kabae in the second edition of the Fishes of West Africa (2003). Huber (1999) described Rhexipanchax as a subgenus of Procatopus, and Ghedotti (2000) elevated it to genus.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rhexipanchax
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. lamberti (Lambert's Lampeye) · R. nimbaensis (Ers)
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.3). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 2 September 2010).
- Pan-Africa freshwater assessment references. Currently, full citations for references used in the Pan-Africa biodiversity assessments are unavailable on the Red List web site. These will be added to the site in 2011. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
Notes
Contributors
- Bousso, T. & Lalèyè, P. 2010. Rhexipanchax schioetzi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Identifiers
- IUCN ID: 239358
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606191
Footnotes
- Bousso, T. & Lalèyè, P. 2010. Rhexipanchax schioetzi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. [back]
