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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Fundulopanchax: Latin, fundus = bottom; a peculiar name for a topminnow, coined for a bottom species of Atlantic coast being "the abode of the fundulus mudfish" + Greek, soma = body.
More on author: Boulenger.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
البيئة
; المياه العذبة قاعية التغذية و المعيشة; pH range: 6.0 - 7.0; dH range: ? - 12; غير مهاجرة. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 1672)
Africa: swampy zones of the Niger Delta and Warri in Nigeria, from Ouémé River in Benin (Ref. 7372) and Ghana (Ref. 11235).
الحجم / وزن / العمر
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.0 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 3788); common length : 6.5 cm TL ذكر/ مختلط الجنس; (Ref. 31267)
Occurs in swamps, pools and swampy parts of brooks and small streams in the humid coastal rainforest. Bottom spawner, 2 months incubation. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | التكاثر | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
In captivity with not enough hiding places the male can kill females, who aren't ready to spawn (Ref. 1672).
Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
استخدامات بشرية
مصائد: غير ذات اهمية; حوض مائي: تجاري
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
مستوى غذائي (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).