Aphyosemion christyi, Christy's Lyretail : fisheries, aquarium

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Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915)

Christy's Lyretail
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Aphyosemion: Greek, aphye, -es, sardine, anchovy + Greek, semeion = mark, signal (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Boulenger.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 6.5; dH range: 10 - ?; non-migratory. Tropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060)

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Africa: upper Ituri and tributaries (Ref. 86918, 87849) and Lindi and tributaries in the Ituri forest (Ref. 87849) in Democratic Republic of the Congo. Other reports (Ref. 3788, 27139, 47461) probably are misidentifications (see Ref. 86918, 87849).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27139)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

It occurs mainly in the weedy and shallow parts of brooks, small streams, pools and swamps (Ref. 3788); these brooks are located in forested savannah (Ref. 3788). It is not a seasonal killifish and difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

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Van der Zee, J.R. and R. Sonnenberg, 2011. Aphyosemion musafirii (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Tshopo Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with some notes on the Aphyosemion of the Congo Basin. Bonn Zool. Bull. 60(1):73-87. (Ref. 86918)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 16 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: ; aquarium: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.