Aphyosemion bochtleri
Bochtler's Lyretail · Bochtlers Prachtkärpfling
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Quick facts
Difficulty3 of 6 measures
More bars, more demanding.
- Space
- any tank
- Water
- soft or acidic
- Temp
- narrow band
- Temperament
- unknown
- Social
- unknown
- Compatibility
- unknown
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. Thi species was considered synonymous with the congener A. herzogi Radda 1975 for a number of years but is currently recognised as distinct.
Water conditions
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.
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.
Notes
Thi species was considered synonymous with the congener A. herzogi Radda 1975 for a number of years but is currently recognised as distinct.
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