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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Aphyosemion: Greek, aphye, -es, sardine, anchovy + Greek, semeion = mark, signal (Ref. 45335); cryptum: The name cryptum, an adjective from the Greek 'krypton', meaning 'hidden', refers to the fact that the species was first thought to represent just a colour variation of Aphyosemion coeleste and not a species of its own (Ref. 125647).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; zoet water pelagisch. Subtropical
Africa: small tributaries of the upper Louessé and Mandoro rivers in the southern Massif du Chaillu within the Republic of the Congo (Ref. 125647).
Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.0 cm SL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 125647); 3.9 cm SL (female)
Korte beschrijving
Determinatiesleutels | Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal) : 0; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal) : 9 - 12; Anale stekels: 0; Anale zachte stralen: 14 - 16. Diagnosis: Males of Aphyosemion cryptum are distinguished from all other Aphyosemion, except for A. coeleste, by its unique combination of colouration characters in males: a light blue body with a few red markings on flanks and caudal peduncle; yellow to orange on distal part of unpaired fins; base of dorsal and anal fins blue, distally followed by a red band, two parallel or converging red lines along the blue centre of caudal fin; at least in anal and ventral part of caudal fin between red band and yellow to orange distal parts a narrow white line; by mitochondrial DNA results and male colour pattern it clearly belongs to the A. coeleste group (Ref. 125647). It differs from A. coeleste by the lack of a green or yellow iridescent blotch posterior to the operculum; in A. coeleste three to four less regular rows of red spots on anterior part of side within the green or yellow blotch vs. rows of red spots absent or reduced to a few irregular spots in A. cryptum (Ref. 125647).
Levenscyclus en paargedrag
Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven
van der Zee, J.R., G. Walsh, V.N. Boukaka Mikembi, M.N. Jonker, M.P. Alexandre and R. Sonnenberg, 2018. Three new endemic Aphyosemion species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the Massif du Chaillu in the upper Louessé River system, Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa 4369(1):63-92. (Ref. 125647)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Gevaar voor de mens
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Fylogenetische diversiteitsindex (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [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).
Trofisch niveau (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
