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Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Eponymy: Christian Cauvet is a French aquarist and fish collector who has taken part in a number of overseas trips, such as to Sierra Leone (1984). He also takes photographs which are often used on tropical fish websites. He wrote: Discovering Killies (2014). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; non migrateur. Tropical
Africa: restricted distribution in a tributary of the Kolenté river, Guinea.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27139)
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 12 - 15; Rayons mous anaux: 16 - 18.
Inhabits rivers. Not a seasonal killifish. Difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Romand, R. and C. Ozouf-Costaz, 1995. Aphyosemion cauveti, a new species of killifish (Cyprinodontidae) from Guinea, West Africa. Cybium 19(4):391-400. (Ref. 11122)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: sans intérêt; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00603 (0.00250 - 0.01453), b=3.13 (2.92 - 3.34), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).