Micropanchax fuelleborni (Ahl, 1924)

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Haplochilichthys fuelleborni : Ahl, 1924 e : 138 (senior synonym)Neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem zoologischen Museum Berlin. | Bertin & Estève , 1950 a : 21 (senior synonym)Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, 6e partie, Haplomes, Hétéromes, Catostéomes..
Micropanchax fuelleborni : Nandi & Bern, 1965 Chromatography of corticosteroids from teleost fishes. | Huber, 1996 : 187Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). | Huber, 1999 a : 58Updates to the phylogeny and systematics of the African lampeye schooling cyprinodonts (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilichthyinae). | Van Steenberge et al., 2013 : 335The fishes of the Upper Luapula area (Congo basin): a fauna of mixed origin..
Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni : Myers, 1938 b : 142 (senior synonym)Studies on the genera of cyprinodont fishes. 14. Aplocheilichthys and its relatives in Africa. | Ricardo, 1939 a : 652 (senior synonym)The fishes of Lake Rukwa. | Wildekamp et al., 1986 : 187 (senior synonym)40. Cyprinodontidae. | Eccles, 1992 : 126 (senior synonym)FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Field guide to the commercial marine and brackish-water species of Tanzania. | Wildekamp, 1995 : 27, fig. (senior synonym)A world of killies. Atlas of the oviparous cyprinodontiform fishes of the world. Volume II. The genera Aplocheilichthys, Aplocheilus, Austrofundulus, Campellolebias, Crenichthys, Cualac, Cubanichthys. Cynolebias, Cynopoecilus and Cyprinodon. | Seegers, 1996 : 264, fig. (senior synonym)The fishes of the Lake Rukwa drainage. | Seegers, 1997 : 27 (senior synonym)Killifishes of the world: Old world killis I: (Aphyosemion, lampeyes, ricefishes). | De Vos et al., 2001 a : 131 (senior synonym)An annotated checklist of the fishes of Rwanda (east central Africa), with historical data on introductions of commercially important species. | Lazara, 2001 : 37 (senior synonym)The killifishes, an annotated checklist, synonymy, and bibliography of recent oviparous Cyprinodontiform fishes. The killifish master index..

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Common names : Fuelleborns's lampeye / Lake Rukwa lampeye (English), Soukkatähtisilmä (Finnish), Fülleborns Leuchtaugenfisch (German) .
Current distribution known : Lake Rukwa (Tanzania), Malagarazi, Wembere system and the Mweru-Luapula area (upper Congo River basin). Also reported from the upper Lualaba .
Ecology : not a seasonal killifish .
Food habits : feeds on small terrestrial insects, water insects and their larvae, and other animals like crustacean and others which they are able to swallow .
Habitat / home range : prefers surface layer of smaller and more quiet waters which usually are shallow and which may be subject to desiccation from time to time; also found in fast flowing waters; often seen in large accumulations .
Reproduction : deposits eggs between plants and roots in shallow water or at margin of waters; young need 8-10 days to hatch .
Size : 30 mm TL .
Types :
- Haplochilichthys fuelleborni Ahl, 1924 e: 138. Type locality: "Rukwa See", southwestern Tanzania (08°00'S-32°25'E). Syntypes ZMH n° 16.321 (4) and 16.322 (38), MNHN n° 1929-213 (3).