Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei
Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Aphyosemion
Species (94): A. abacinum – A. ahli – A. alpha – A. amoenum – A. aureum – A. australe – A. bamilekorum – A. bitaeniatum – A. bitteri – A. bivittatum – A. bualanum – A. buytaerti – A. callipteron – A. calliurum – A. cameronense – A. campomaanense – A. castaneum – A. caudofasciatum – A. celiae – A. chauchei – A. christyi – A. citrineipinnis – A. coeleste – A. cognatum – A. congicum – A. cryptum – A. cyanoflavum – A. cyanostictum – A. dargei – A. decorsei – A. edeanum – A. elberti – A. elegans – A. escherichi – A. etsamense – A. exigoideum – A. exiguum – A. ferranti – A. franzwerneri – A. fulgens – A. gabunense – A. georgiae – A. grelli – A. hanneloreae – A. heinemanni – A. hera – A. herzogi – A. hofmanni – A. jeanhuberi – A. jeanpoli – A. joergenscheeli – A. kouamense – A. labarrei – A. lamberti – A. lefiniense – A. loennbergii – A. louessense – A. lugens – A. lujae – A. maculatum – A. maeseni – A. mandoroense – A. margaretae – A. mimbon – A. musafirii – A. ocellatum – A. ogoense – A. pamaense – A. pascheni – A. passaroi – A. petersi – A. poliaki – A. polli – A. primigenium – A. pseudoelegans – A. punctatum – A. raddai – A. rectogoense – A. riggenbachi – A. schioetzi – A. schluppi – A. schoutedeni – A. seegersi – A. splendopleure – A. striatum – A. teugelsi – A. thysi – A. tirbaki – A. viride – A. volcanum – A. wachtersi – A. wildekampi – A. wuendschi – A. zygaima
Name
Aphyosemion Myers, 1924
Gender: neut.
Type species: Aphyosemion castaneum Myers, 1924, by original designation
Synonyms
Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977: 146
References
Agnèse, J.-F., Legros, O., Cazaux, B. & Estivals, G. 2013. Aphyosemion pamaense, a new killifish species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from Cameroon. Zootaxa 3670(4): 516–530. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.4.6 Reference page.
Huber, J.H. & Seegers, L. 1977. Vorläufige Beschreibung von Diapteron, nov. subgen. Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal 9(9): 146–148.
Myers, G.S. 1924. A new poeciliid fish from the Congo, with remarks on funduline genera. American Museum novitates 116: 1–9. PDF.
Van der Zee, J.R. & Sonnenberg, R. 2010. Aphyosemion teugelsi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from a remote locality in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa 2724: 58–68. Preview (PDF).
van der Zee, J.R. & Sonnenberg, R. 2011. Aphyosemion musafirii (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from the Tshopo Province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with some notes on the Aphyosemion of the Congo basin. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 60(1): 73–87. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Vernacular names
Türkçe: Lirkuyruk
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Aphyosemion in 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. Senckenberg Nature Research Society. 63 (2): 155–160.
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.
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