Epiplatys josianae Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1983 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Aquariology : difficult to maintain in aquarium .
  • Colour pattern : Wildekamp & van der Zee, 2003b .
  • Common names : Kultahohdeviiripyrstö (Finnish), Buytaerts Prachtkärpfling (German) .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to Sierra Leone and known only from a few localities in the rainforest of southeastern Sierra Leone. One is the type locality, north of Kenema. Another locality is situated 4 km from Joru in the direction of Kenema .
  • Ecology : Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1983 b | not a seasonal killifish .
  • Food habits : ants and other insects (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Habitat / home range : occurs in coastal rivers, brooks and swampy areas in forested savanna and under forest cover .
  • Hybridization : Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1983 b .
  • Reproduction : near-to-surface spawner; 2 weeks incubation; eggs diameter: 1.3 mm (Huber, Killi-Data online: www.killi-data.org) .
  • Reproduction_references : Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1983 b .
  • Size : 85 mm TL .
  • Types :
    • Epiplatys josianae Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1983 b: 1, pl., fig. 3, 2 maps. Type locality: "Onze miles au Nord de Kenema, dans le district Kenema situé dans le sud-est du Sierra Leone" (8.04N-11.16W). Holotype ZMH n° 6133; paratypes ZMH n° 6454, SMF (2) and in Berkenkamp" s personal collection n° HOB 0187-17 (4).