Aphyosemion

Aphyosemion
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
  • Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971
  • Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977
  • Iconisemion Huber, 2013
  • Scheelsemion Huber, 2013

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:

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.