Splendid Lyretail
Aphyosemion splendopleure
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A killifish from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon that lives in brooks and streams.
- Scientific name
- Aphyosemion splendopleure
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aphyosemion bitaeniatum, Aphyosemion bivittatus, Aphyosemion multicolor, Fundulopanchax splendopleuris, Fundulus bivittatus
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 22–26 °C
- pH
- 6–7.2
- General hardness (GH)
- 3–15 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 28 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 45 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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