Aphyosemion Explained

Aphyosemion is a genus of African rivulines endemic as the name indicates to Africa. Many of these species are popular aquarium fish.

Species

There are currently 100 recognized species in this genus:

• Aphyosemion abacinum Huber, 1976
• Aphyosemion ahli G. S. Myers, 1933
• Aphyosemion alpha Huber, 1998
• Aphyosemion amoenum Radda & Pürzl, 1976 (Red-finned killifish)
• Aphyosemion aureum Radda, 1980 (Golden killifish)
• Aphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921) (Lyre-tail killifish)
• Aphyosemion bamilekorum Radda, 1971 (Bamileke killifish)
• Aphyosemion batesii (Boulenger, 1911) (Bates' killifish)
• Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Two-striped killifish)
• Aphyosemion bitteri Valdesalici & Eberl, 2016 ^[1]
• Aphyosemion bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895) (Two-stripe lyretail)
• Aphyosemion bualanum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924)
• Aphyosemion buytaerti Radda & Huber, 1978
• Aphyosemion callipteron (Radda & Pürzl, 1987)
• Aphyosemion calliurum (Boulenger, 1911) (Banner lyretail)
• Aphyosemion cameronense (Boulenger, 1903) (Cameroon killifish)
• Aphyosemion campomaanense Agnèse, Brummett, Caminade, Catalan & Kornobis, 2009
• Aphyosemion castaneum G. S. Myers, 1924
• Aphyosemion caudofasciatum Huber & Radda, 1979 (Caudal-stripe killifish)
• Aphyosemion celiae Scheel, 1971
• Aphyosemion chauchei Huber & Scheel, 1981
• Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915) (Christy's lyretail)
• Aphyosemion citrineipinnis Huber & Radda, 1977
• Aphyosemion coeleste Huber & Radda, 1977 (Sky-blue killifish)
• Aphyosemion cognatum Meinken, 1951 (Red-spot killifish)
• Aphyosemion congicum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Congo killifish)
• Aphyosemion cyanostictum J. G. Lambert & Géry, 1968 (Gabon jewel killifish)
• Aphyosemion dargei Amiet, 1987 (M'bam killifish)
• Aphyosemion decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904)
• Aphyosemion ecucuense (Sonnenberg, 2008)
• Aphyosemion edeanum Amiet, 1987 (Edea killifish)
• Aphyosemion elberti (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Red-barred killifish)
• Aphyosemion elegans (Boulenger, 1899) (Elegant killifish)
• Aphyosemion erythron (Sonnenberg, 2008)
• Aphyosemion escherichi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Escherich's killifish)
• Aphyosemion etsamense Sonnenberg & T. Blum, 2005
• Aphyosemion exigoideum Radda & Huber, 1977 (False jewel killifish)
• Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911) (Jewel killifish)
• Aphyosemion fellmanni van der Zee & Sonnenberg, 2018
• Aphyosemion ferranti (Boulenger, 1910)
• Aphyosemion franzwerneri Scheel, 1971 (Goby killifish)
• Aphyosemion fulgens Radda, 1975
• Aphyosemion gabunense Radda, 1975 (Gabon killifish)
• Aphyosemion georgiae J. G. Lambert & Géry, 1968
• Aphyosemion grelli Valdesalici & Eberl, 2013 ^[2]
• Aphyosemion hanneloreae Radda & Pürzl, 1985 (Hannelore's killifish)
• Aphyosemion heinemanni Berkenkamp, 1983 (Heinemann's killifish)
• Aphyosemion hera Huber, 1998
• Aphyosemion herzogi Radda, 1975 (Herzog's killifish)
• Aphyosemion hofmanni Radda, 1980 (Hofmann's killifish)
• Aphyosemion jeanhuberi Valdesalici & Eberl, 2015 ^[3]
• Aphyosemion joergenscheeli Huber & Radda, 1977
• Aphyosemion kouamense Legros, 1999
• Aphyosemion koungueense (Sonnenberg, 2007)
• Aphyosemion labarrei Poll, 1951
• Aphyosemion lamberti Radda & Huber, 1977
• Aphyosemion lefiniense Woeltjes, 1984
• Aphyosemion lividum Legros & Zentz, 2007
• Aphyosemion loennbergii (Boulenger, 1903)
• Aphyosemion louessense (Pellegrin, 1931)
• Aphyosemion lugens Amiet, 1991
• Aphyosemion lujae (Boulenger, 1911)
• Aphyosemion maculatum Radda & Pürzl, 1977
• Aphyosemion malumbresi Legros & Zentz, 2006
• Aphyosemion melanogaster (Legros, Zentz & Agnèse, 2005)
• Aphyosemion melinoeides (Sonnenberg, 2007)
• Aphyosemion mengilai Valdesalici & Eberl, 2014 ^[4]
• Aphyosemion mimbon Huber, 1977
• Aphyosemion musafirii van der Zee & Sonnenberg, 2011
• Aphyosemion ocellatum Huber & Radda, 1977
• Aphyosemion ogoense (Pellegrin, 1930)
• Aphyosemion omega (Sonnenberg, 2007)
• Aphyosemion pamaense Agnèse, Legros, Cazaux & Estivals, 2013 ^[5]
• Aphyosemion pascheni (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
• Aphyosemion passaroi Huber, 1994
• Aphyosemion plagitaenium Huber, 2004
• Aphyosemion poliaki Amiet, 1991
• Aphyosemion polli Radda & Pürzl, 1987
• Aphyosemion primigenium Radda & Huber, 1977
• Aphyosemion pseudoelegans Sonnenberg & van der Zee, 2012 ^[6]
• Aphyosemion punctatum Radda & Pürzl, 1977
• Aphyosemion punctulatum (Legros, Zentz & Agnèse, 2005)
• Aphyosemion raddai Scheel, 1975
• Aphyosemion rectogoense Radda & Huber, 1977
• Aphyosemion riggenbachi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924)
• Aphyosemion schioetzi Huber & Scheel, 1981
• Aphyosemion schluppi Radda & Huber, 1978
• Aphyosemion schoutedeni (Boulenger, 1920)
• Aphyosemion seegersi Huber, 1980
• Aphyosemion splendopleure (Brüning, 1929)
• Aphyosemion striatum (Boulenger, 1911)
• Aphyosemion teugelsi van der Zee & Sonnenberg, 2010
• Aphyosemion thysi Radda & Huber, 1978
• Aphyosemion tirbaki Huber, 1999
• Aphyosemion trilineatus (Brüning, 1930)
• Aphyosemion volcanum Radda & Wildekamp, 1977
• Aphyosemion wachtersi Radda & Huber, 1978
• Aphyosemion wildekampi Berkenkamp, 1973
• Aphyosemion wuendschi Radda & Pürzl, 1985 (Wuendsch's killifish)
• Aphyosemion zygaima Huber, 1981

Notes and References

1. Valdesalici . Stefano . Eberl . Wolfgang . 2016 . Aphyosemion bitteri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new killifish species from the northern Massif du Chaillu, Gabon . Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology . 22 . 2 . 61–68.
2. Valdesalici . Stefano . Eberl . Wolfgang . 11 September 2013 . Aphyosemion grelli (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Massif du Chaillu, southern Gabon . . . 63 . 2 . 155–160. 10.3897/vz.63.e31422 . free .
3. Valdesalici . Stefano . Eberl . Wolfgang . 2015 . Aphyosemion jeanhuberi, a new killifish species of the Aphyosemion ogoense species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), with remarks on the identity of Aphyosemion louessense (Pellegrin, 1931) . Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology . 21 . 3 . 110–119.
4. Valdesalici . Stefano . Eberl . Wolfgang . 2014 . Aphyosemion mengilai, a new killifish species from the northern Massif du Chaillu, central Gabon (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) . Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology . 20 . 2 . 111–116.
5. Agnese . Jean-François . Legros . Olivier . Cazaux . Benoite . Estivals . Guillain . 2013 . Aphyosemion pamaense, a new killifish species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from Cameroon . . 3670 . 4 . 516–530 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.4.6 . 26438958 . ResearchGate.
6. Sonnenberg . Rainer . Van der Zee . Jouke R. . July 2012 . Aphyosemion pseudoelegans (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new killifish species from the Cuvette centrale in the Congo Basin (Democratic Republic of Congo) . . 61 . 1 . 3–12.