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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
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.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico; no migratorio. Tropical
Africa: restricted distribution in a tributary of the Kolenté river, Guinea.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27139)
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 15; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 18.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits rivers. Not a seasonal killifish. Difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
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)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés; Acuario: Comercial
Herramientas