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Cyprinodontidae
Arabian killifish
Aphaniops stoliczkanus
Males lose flank bars and keep a shallow tail notch
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Indian Ocean
- South Asia
- West Asia
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Indian Ocean
SmallArabian killifish is a freshwater fish from Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 4.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinodontidae
- Genus
- Aphaniops
- Maximum length
- 4.5 cm
- Distribution
- Western Indian Ocean: Arabian/Persian Gulf, the northern Arabian Sea east to Gujarat in India, the Gulf of Oman and some endorheic basins in Iran and Pakistan.
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