Aphyosemion bochtleri RADDA, 1975

Bochtler's Lyretail, Bochtlers Prachtkärpfling (DE)

Etymology

Aphyosemion: from the Greek aphúe (Gr. ἀφύη), meaning ‘a small fish’, and semeion (Gr. σημεῖον), meaning ‘banner, flag’, in reference to the “ornamented, often lyre-shaped” caudal fin in male individuals of genus members.

bochtleri: named for Franz Bochtler, member of the Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft (German Killifish Association), who collected the type series.

Classification

Order: Cyprinodontiformes Family: Nothobranchiidae

Distribution

Described from a rainforest stream near the settlement of Mintoum, northern Gabon and has a wider distribution in the upper Ivindo River basin, a tributary of the larger Ogooué system.

Maximum Standard Length

45 – 50 mm.

Water Conditions

Temperature: 18 – 22 °C

pH: 6.0 – 7.0

Hardness: 18 – 90 ppm

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Thi species was considered synonymous with the congener A. herzogi Radda 1975 for a number of years but is currently recognised as distinct.