Scriptaphyosemion roloffi (Roloff, 1936) Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : difficult to maintain in aquarium .
  • Chromosomes : Klinkhardt et al., 1995 | Vasil'ev, 1980 .
  • Colour pattern : Wildekamp & van der Zee, 2003b .
  • Common names : Mosaiikkiviiripyrstö (Finnish), Chaytors Prachtkärpfling / Roloffs Prachtkärpfling (German) .
  • Current distribution known : from the lower Little Scarcies river drainage in western Sierra Leone southeastward to the drainage system of the lower Lofa river in western Liberia .
  • Ecology : not a seasonal killifish .
  • Food habits : ants and other insects (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Genetics : Etzel & Berkenkamp, 1982 b | Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 | Radda, 1969 a | Scheel, 1968 a | Scheel, 1975 d | Vandersmissen et al., 1980 .
  • Habitat / home range : occurs in pools, brooks, swamps and small streams, mainly in the shallow and stagnant parts in the coastal rainforest .
  • Hybridization : Etzel & Berkenkamp, 1980 a | Etzel & Berkenkamp, 1980 b | Etzel & Berkenkamp, 1982 b | Scheel, 1974 h .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Grimm, 1974 .
  • Reproduction : near-to-surface spawner; 2 weeks incubation (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Reproduction_references : Mayer, 1948 .
  • Scales : Scheel, 1968 a .
  • Size : 50 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Aphyosemion roloffi Roloff, 1936 b: 324, fig.| Ahl, 1937: 240. (*)The species was dedicated to Roloff by Ahl to which Roloff had sent the types for description, but on account of delays of publication Ahl" s paper was issued after Roloff" s provisional one. Type locality: "40-50 km landeseinwärts Freetown", southern Sierra Leone (8.333°N-13.033°W). Syntypes BMNH n° 1937.6.14: 9-11 and ZMHU n° 21.071 (3).