Aphyosemion

Aphyosemion
	Aphyosemion elberti, male
	Aphyosemion splendopleure, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Nothobranchiidae
Genus:	; G. S. Myers, 1924
Type species
	Aphyosemion castaneum; G. S. Myers, 1924
Synonyms
	Chromaphyosemion *Radda, 1971 Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977; Iconisemion Huber, 2013; Kathetys Huber, 1977; Mesoaphyosemion Radda, 1977; Paraphyosemion Radda, 1977; Scheelsemion Huber, 2013;

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:^[3]

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 ^[4]
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 ^[5]
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 ^[6]
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) ^[6]
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 ^[7]
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 ^[8]
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 ^[9]
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

References

^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aphyosemion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nothobranchiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aphyosemion". FishBase. April 2019 version.
^ Valdesalici, Stefano; Eberl, Wolfgang (2016). "Aphyosemion bitteri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new killifish species from the northern Massif du Chaillu, Gabon" (PDF). Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 22 (2): 61–68.
^ Valdesalici, Stefano; Eberl, Wolfgang (11 September 2013). "Aphyosemion grelli (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Massif du Chaillu, southern Gabon" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 63 (2). Senckenberg Nature Research Society: 155–160. doi:10.3897/vz.63.e31422.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ 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.
^ Agnese, Jean-François; Legros, Olivier; Cazaux, Benoite; Estivals, Guillain (2013). "Aphyosemion pamaense, a new killifish species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from Cameroon". Zootaxa. 3670 (4): 516–530. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.4.6. PMID 26438958 – via ResearchGate.
^ 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)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 61 (1): 3–12.

[COfF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aphyosemion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[Coffs-2] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nothobranchiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

[FishBase-3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Aphyosemion". FishBase. April 2019 version.

[Valdesalici2016-4] Valdesalici, Stefano; Eberl, Wolfgang (2016). "Aphyosemion bitteri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new killifish species from the northern Massif du Chaillu, Gabon" (PDF). Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 22 (2): 61–68.

[Valdesalici2013-5] Valdesalici, Stefano; Eberl, Wolfgang (11 September 2013). "Aphyosemion grelli (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Massif du Chaillu, southern Gabon" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 63 (2). Senckenberg Nature Research Society: 155–160. doi:10.3897/vz.63.e31422.

[Valdesalici2015-6] 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.

[Valdesalici2014-7] 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.

[Agnese2013-8] Agnese, Jean-François; Legros, Olivier; Cazaux, Benoite; Estivals, Guillain (2013). "Aphyosemion pamaense, a new killifish species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from Cameroon". Zootaxa. 3670 (4): 516–530. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3670.4.6. PMID 26438958 – via ResearchGate.

[Sonnenberg2012-9] 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)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 61 (1): 3–12.

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