Aphyosemion
Aphyosemion | |
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Lyretail Panchax (A. australe) | |
Twostrip Lyretail (A. bivittatum) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
Genus: | Aphyosemion G. S. Myers, 1924 |
Type species | |
Aphyosemion castaneum G. S. Myers, 1924 | |
Synonyms | |
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Aphyosemion is a genus of African rivulines endemic, as the name indicates, to Africa. Many of these species are popular aquarium fish.
Species
There are currently 97 recognized species in this genus:
- Aphyosemion abacinum Huber, 1976
- Aphyosemion ahli G. S. Myers, 1933
- Aphyosemion alpha Huber, 1998
- Aphyosemion amoenum Radda & Pürzl, 1976 (Red-finned killi)
- Aphyosemion aureum Radda, 1980 (Golden killi)
- Aphyosemion australe Rachow, 1921 (Lyretail panchax)
- Aphyosemion bamilekorum Radda, 1971 (Bamileke killi)
- Aphyosemion batesii Boulenger, 1911 (Bates' killi)
- Aphyosemion bitaeniatum C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 (Two-striped Aphyosemion)
- Aphyosemion bivittatum Lönnberg, 1895 (Twostripe lyretail)
- Aphyosemion bualanum C. G. E. Ahl, 1924
- Aphyosemion buytaerti Radda & Huber, 1978
- Aphyosemion callipteron Radda & Pürzl, 1987
- Aphyosemion calliurum Boulenger, 1911 (Banner lyretail)
- Aphyosemion cameronense Boulenger, 1903 (Cameroon killi)
- Aphyosemion campomaanense Agnèse, Brummett, Caminade, Catalan & Kornobis, 2009
- Aphyosemion castaneum G. S. Myers, 1924
- Aphyosemion caudofasciatum Huber & Radda, 1979 (Caudal-stripe killi)
- Aphyosemion celiae Scheel, 1971
- Aphyosemion chauchei Huber & Scheel, 1981
- Aphyosemion christyi Boulenger, 1915 (Christy's Lyretail)
- Aphyosemion citrineipinnis Huber & Radda, 1977
- Aphyosemion coeleste Huber & Radda, 1977 (Sky-blue killi)
- Aphyosemion cognatum Meinken, 1951 (Redspot panchax)
- Aphyosemion congicum C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 (Congo killi)
- Aphyosemion cyanostictum J. G. Lambert & Géry, 1968 (Gabon jewelfish)
- Aphyosemion dargei Amiet, 1987 (Mbam killi)
- Aphyosemion decorsei Pellegrin, 1904
- Aphyosemion ecucuense Sonnenberg, 2008
- Aphyosemion edeanum Amiet, 1987 (Edea killi)
- Aphyosemion elberti C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 (Red barred killi)
- Aphyosemion elegans Boulenger, 1899 (Elegant killi)
- Aphyosemion erythron Sonnenberg, 2008
- Aphyosemion escherichi C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 (Escherich's killi)
- Aphyosemion etsamense Sonnenberg & Blum, 2005
- Aphyosemion exigoideum Radda & Huber, 1977 (False jewel killi)
- Aphyosemion exiguum Boulenger, 1911 (Jewel killi)
- Aphyosemion ferranti Boulenger, 1910
- Aphyosemion franzwerneri Scheel, 1971 (Goby killi)
- Aphyosemion fulgens Radda, 1975
- Aphyosemion gabunense Radda, 1975 (Gabon killi)
- Aphyosemion georgiae J. G. Lambert & Géry, 1968
- Aphyosemion grelli Valdesalici & Eberl, 2013 [1]
- Aphyosemion hanneloreae Radda & Pürzl, 1985 (Hannelore's killi)
- Aphyosemion heinemanni Berkenkamp, 1983 (Heinemann's killi)
- Aphyosemion hera Huber, 1998
- Aphyosemion herzogi Radda, 1975 (Herzog's killi)
- Aphyosemion hofmanni Radda, 1980 (Hofmann's killi)
- Aphyosemion joergenscheeli Huber & Radda, 1977
- Aphyosemion kouamense Legros, 1999
- Aphyosemion koungueense Sonnenberg, 2007
- Aphyosemion labarrei Poll, 1951
- Aphyosemion lamberti Radda & Huber, 1977
- Aphyosemion lefiniense Woeltjes, 1984
- Aphyosemion lividum Legros & Zentz, 2007
- Aphyosemion loennbergii Boulenger, 1903
- Aphyosemion louessense Pellegrin, 1931
- Aphyosemion lugens Amiet, 1991
- Aphyosemion lujae Boulenger, 1911
- Aphyosemion maculatum Radda & Pürzl, 1977
- Aphyosemion malumbresi Legros & Zentz, 2006
- Aphyosemion melanogaster Legros, Zentz & Agnèse, 2005
- Aphyosemion melinoeides Sonnenberg, 2007
- Aphyosemion mengilai Valdesalici & Eberl, 2014 [2]
- Aphyosemion mimbon Huber, 1977
- Aphyosemion musafirii Van der Zee & Sonnenberg, 2011
- Aphyosemion ocellatum Huber & Radda, 1977
- Aphyosemion ogoense Pellegrin, 1930
- Aphyosemion omega Sonnenberg, 2007
- Aphyosemion pamaense Agnèse, Legros, Cazaux & Estivals, 2013 [3]
- Aphyosemion pascheni C. G. E. Ahl, 1928
- Aphyosemion passaroi Huber, 1994
- Aphyosemion plagitaenium Huber, 2004
- Aphyosemion poliaki Amiet, 1991
- Aphyosemion polli Radda & Pürzl, 1987
- Aphyosemion primigenium Radda & Huber, 1977
- Aphyosemion pseudoelegans Sonnenberg & Van der Zee, 2012 [4]
- Aphyosemion punctatum Radda & Pürzl, 1977
- Aphyosemion punctulatum Legros, Zentz & Agnèse, 2005
- Aphyosemion raddai Scheel, 1975
- Aphyosemion rectogoense Radda & Huber, 1977
- Aphyosemion riggenbachi C. G. E. Ahl, 1924
- Aphyosemion schioetzi Huber & Scheel, 1981
- Aphyosemion schluppi Radda & Huber, 1978
- Aphyosemion schoutedeni Boulenger, 1920
- Aphyosemion seegersi Huber, 1980
- Aphyosemion splendopleure Brüning, 1929
- Aphyosemion striatum Boulenger, 1911
- Aphyosemion teugelsi Van der Zee & Sonnenberg, 2010
- Aphyosemion thysi Radda & Huber, 1978
- Aphyosemion tirbaki Huber, 1999
- Aphyosemion trilineatus Ladiges, 1934
- Aphyosemion volcanum Radda & Wildekamp, 1977
- Aphyosemion wachtersi Radda & Huber, 1978
- Aphyosemion wildekampi Berkenkamp, 1973
- Aphyosemion wuendschi Radda & Pürzl, 1985 (Wuendsch's killi)
- Aphyosemion zygaima Huber, 1981
References
- ↑ Valdesalici, S. & Eberl, W. (2013): Aphyosemion grelli (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Massif du Chaillu, southern Gabon. Vertebrate Zoology, 63 (2): 155-160.
- ↑ Valdesalici, S. & Eberl, W. (2014): Aphyosemion mengilai, a new killifish species from the northern Massif du Chaillu, central Gabon (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 20 (2): 111-116.
- ↑ Agnese, J.-F., Legros, O., Cazaux, B. & Estivals, G. (2013): Aphyosemion pamaense, a new killifish species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from Cameroon. Zootaxa, 3670 (4): 516–530.
- ↑ Sonnenberg, R. & Van der Zee, J.R. (2012): Aphyosemion pseudoelegans (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new killifish species from the Cuvette centrale in the Congo Basin (Democratic Republic of Congo). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 61 (1): 3–12.