Aphyosemion is a genus of African rivulines endemic as the name indicates to Africa. Many of these species are popular aquarium fish.
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| Aphyosemion elberti, male | |
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| Aphyosemion splendopleure, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Aphyosemion G. S. Myers, 1924 |
| Type species | |
| Aphyosemion castaneum G. S. Myers, 1924[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Chromaphyosemion *Radda, 1971 | |
Species
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There are currently 100 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Aphyosemion abacinum Huber, 1976
- Aphyosemion ahli G. S. Myers, 1933
- Aphyosemion alpha Huber, 1998
- Aphyosemion amoenum Radda & Pürzl, 1976 (Red-finned killifish)
- Aphyosemion aureum Radda, 1980 (Golden killifish)
- Aphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921) (Lyre-tail killifish)
- Aphyosemion bamilekorum Radda, 1971 (Bamileke killifish)
- Aphyosemion batesii (Boulenger, 1911) (Bates' killifish)
- Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Two-striped killifish)
- Aphyosemion bitteri Valdesalici & Eberl, 2016 [4]
- Aphyosemion bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895) (Two-stripe 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 killifish)
- Aphyosemion campomaanense Agnèse, Brummett, Caminade, Catalan & Kornobis, 2009
- Aphyosemion castaneum G. S. Myers, 1924
- Aphyosemion caudofasciatum Huber & Radda, 1979 (Caudal-stripe killifish)
- 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 killifish)
- Aphyosemion cognatum Meinken, 1951 (Red-spot killifish)
- Aphyosemion congicum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Congo killifish)
- Aphyosemion cyanostictum J. G. Lambert & Géry, 1968 (Gabon jewel killifish)
- Aphyosemion dargei Amiet, 1987 (M'bam killifish)
- Aphyosemion decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904)
- Aphyosemion ecucuense (Sonnenberg, 2008)
- Aphyosemion edeanum Amiet, 1987 (Edea killifish)
- Aphyosemion elberti (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Red-barred killifish)
- Aphyosemion elegans (Boulenger, 1899) (Elegant killifish)
- Aphyosemion erythron (Sonnenberg, 2008)
- Aphyosemion escherichi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Escherich's killifish)
- Aphyosemion etsamense Sonnenberg & T. Blum, 2005
- Aphyosemion exigoideum Radda & Huber, 1977 (False jewel killifish)
- Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911) (Jewel killifish)
- Aphyosemion fellmanni van der Zee & Sonnenberg, 2018
- Aphyosemion ferranti (Boulenger, 1910)
- Aphyosemion franzwerneri Scheel, 1971 (Goby killifish)
- Aphyosemion fulgens Radda, 1975
- Aphyosemion gabunense Radda, 1975 (Gabon killifish)
- Aphyosemion georgiae J. G. Lambert & Géry, 1968
- Aphyosemion grelli Valdesalici & Eberl, 2013 [5]
- Aphyosemion hanneloreae Radda & Pürzl, 1985 (Hannelore's killifish)
- Aphyosemion heinemanni Berkenkamp, 1983 (Heinemann's killifish)
- Aphyosemion hera Huber, 1998
- Aphyosemion herzogi Radda, 1975 (Herzog's killifish)
- Aphyosemion hofmanni Radda, 1980 (Hofmann's killifish)
- Aphyosemion jeanhuberi Valdesalici & Eberl, 2015 [6]
- 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) [6]
- 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 [7]
- 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 [8]
- 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 [9]
- 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 (Brüning, 1930)
- Aphyosemion volcanum Radda & Wildekamp, 1977
- Aphyosemion wachtersi Radda & Huber, 1978
- Aphyosemion wildekampi Berkenkamp, 1973
- Aphyosemion wuendschi Radda & Pürzl, 1985 (Wuendsch's killifish)
- Aphyosemion zygaima Huber, 1981
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aphyosemion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nothobranchiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aphyosemion". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Valdesalici, Stefano; Eberl, Wolfgang (2016). "Aphyosemion bitteri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new killifish species from the northern Massif du Chaillu, Gabon" (PDF). Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 22 (2): 61–68.
- ^ Valdesalici, Stefano; Eberl, Wolfgang (11 September 2013). "Aphyosemion grelli (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Massif du Chaillu, southern Gabon" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 63 (2). Senckenberg Nature Research Society: 155–160. doi:10.3897/vz.63.e31422.
- ^ a b Valdesalici, Stefano; Eberl, Wolfgang (2015). "Aphyosemion jeanhuberi, a new killifish species of the Aphyosemion ogoense species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), with remarks on the identity of Aphyosemion louessense (Pellegrin, 1931)". Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 21 (3): 110–119.
- ^ Valdesalici, Stefano; Eberl, Wolfgang (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, Jean-François; Legros, Olivier; Cazaux, Benoite; Estivals, Guillain (2013). "Aphyosemion pamaense, a new killifish species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from Cameroon". Zootaxa. 3670 (4): 516–530. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.4.6. PMID 26438958 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Sonnenberg, Rainer; Van der Zee, Jouke R. (July 2012). "Aphyosemion pseudoelegans (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new killifish species from the Cuvette centrale in the Congo Basin (Democratic Republic of Congo)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 61 (1): 3–12.