Lyretail panchax
Aphyosemion australe
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The lyretail killifish from Cape Lopez, Gabon, has a lyre-shaped tail. It is not an annual killifish: it spawns in fine-leaved plants. Two forms are traded, the wild 'chocolate' and the 'gold'.
- Scientific name
- Aphyosemion australe
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aphyosemion australe hjerresensii, Aphyosemion calliurus australis, Aphyosemion hjerresensii, Aphyosemion polychromum, Aphysemion australe australe, Haplochilus calliurus australis, Haplochilus cameronensis, Panchax polychromus
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 21–32 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
- Lifespan
- 3 years
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 28 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 45 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Swimming level
- Middle
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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