Marbled lyretail
Fundulopanchax marmoratus
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A killifish endemic to Cameroon, from swamps and small streams in coastal rainforest. It is not an annual killifish: it lives in permanent waters.
- Scientific name
- Fundulopanchax marmoratus
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Synonyms
- Aphyosemion marmoratum
Origin
- Native region
- África
Water
- Temperature
- 21–24 °C
- pH
- 6–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 28 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 45 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Endangered (EN)
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