Aphyosemion herzogi
Herzog's Lyretail, Herzogs 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.
herzogi: named for Wolfgang Herzog, member of the Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft (German Killifish Association), who “kindly provided the results of his successful fish collections in Gabon”, which included the paratypes of this species.
Classification
Order: Cyprinodontiformes Family: Nothobranchiidae
Distribution
Described from northern Gabon, close to ‘Zoumoukou’, which is seeen on modern maps as ‘Zomoko’, but has a much wider distribution extending into Equatorial Guinea (upper parts of some Benito River tributaries), and southern Cameroon (Ntem River), as well as the Ivindo and Okano drainages in Gabon, the latter pair both tributaries of the much larger Ogooué system.
Maximum Standard Length
40 – 45 mm
Water Conditions
Temperature: 15 – 20 °C
pH: 5.0 – 6.5
Hardness: 0 – 90 ppm
