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Lyretails
Aphyosemion
Aphyosemion is a genus of African rivulines endemic as the name indicates to Africa. Many of these species are popular aquarium fish.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 115 known species
Lyretail Panchax
speciesAphyosemion australe
Aphyosemion elegans
speciesAphyosemion elegans
Aphyosemion ocellatum
speciesAphyosemion ocellatum
Aphyosemion exiguum
speciesAphyosemion exiguum
Aphyosemion escherichi
speciesAphyosemion escherichi
Aphyosemion pyrophore
speciesAphyosemion pyrophore
Aphyosemion joergenscheeli
speciesAphyosemion joergenscheeli
Aphyosemion koungueense
speciesAphyosemion koungueense
Aphyosemion lamberti
speciesAphyosemion lamberti
Twostripe Lyretail
speciesAphyosemion bivittatum
Aphyosemion cryptum
speciesAphyosemion cryptum
Aphyosemion alpha
speciesAphyosemion alpha
Aphyosemion chauchei
speciesAphyosemion chauchei
Aphyosemion splendopleure
speciesAphyosemion splendopleure
Aphyosemion bualanum
speciesAphyosemion bualanum
Aphyosemion coeleste
speciesAphyosemion coeleste
Aphyosemion ahli
speciesAphyosemion ahli
Aphyosemion loennbergii
speciesAphyosemion loennbergii
Aphyosemion raddai
speciesAphyosemion raddai
Aphyosemion pascheni
speciesAphyosemion pascheni
Aphyosemion punctatum
speciesAphyosemion punctatum
Aphyosemion melanogaster
speciesAphyosemion melanogaster
Aphyosemion halleri
speciesAphyosemion halleri
Aphyosemion cyanoflavum
speciesAphyosemion cyanoflavum
Aphyosemion gabunense
speciesAphyosemion gabunense
Aphyosemion lugens
speciesAphyosemion lugens
Volcano Killifish
speciesAphyosemion volcanum
Aphyosemion hofmanni
speciesAphyosemion hofmanni
Aphyosemion plagitaenium
speciesAphyosemion plagitaenium
Aphyosemion wuendschi
speciesAphyosemion wuendschi
Aphyosemion pseudoelegans
speciesAphyosemion pseudoelegans
Two-striped Aphyosemion
speciesAphyosemion bitaeniatum
Aphyosemion mandoroense
speciesAphyosemion mandoroense
Aphyosemion aureum
speciesAphyosemion aureum
Red-seam Killifish
speciesAphyosemion calliurum
Aphyosemion cameronense
speciesAphyosemion cameronense
Christy's Lyretail
speciesAphyosemion christyi
Aphyosemion citrineipinnis
speciesAphyosemion citrineipinnis
Aphyosemion cognatum
speciesAphyosemion cognatum
Aphyosemion elberti
speciesAphyosemion elberti
Aphyosemion ferranti
speciesAphyosemion ferranti
Aphyosemion herzogi
speciesAphyosemion herzogi
Aphyosemion labarrei
speciesAphyosemion labarrei
Aphyosemion louessense
speciesAphyosemion louessense
Aphyosemion lujae
speciesAphyosemion lujae
Aphyosemion maculatum
speciesAphyosemion maculatum
Aphyosemion mimbon
speciesAphyosemion mimbon
Aphyosemion polli
speciesAphyosemion polli
Aphyosemion riggenbachi
speciesAphyosemion riggenbachi
Aphyosemion schluppi
speciesAphyosemion schluppi
Aphyosemion thysi
speciesAphyosemion thysi
Aphyosemion wildekampi
speciesAphyosemion wildekampi
Aphyosemion castaneum
speciesAphyosemion castaneum
Aphyosemion schoutedeni
speciesAphyosemion schoutedeni
Aphyosemion punctulatum
speciesAphyosemion punctulatum
Aphyosemion ogoense
speciesAphyosemion ogoense
Aphyosemion bitteri
speciesAphyosemion bitteri
Aphyosemion jeanhuberi
speciesAphyosemion jeanhuberi
Aphyosemion campomaanense
speciesAphyosemion campomaanense
Aphyosemion ecucuense
speciesAphyosemion ecucuense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86542.