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Nothobranchiidae
Aphyosemion castaneum
Aphyosemion castaneum
A blue body carries no more than fifty red dots
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Africa
- Fusiform
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
SmallAphyosemion castaneum is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 3.4 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Genus
- Aphyosemion
- Maximum length
- 3.4 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Africa: right bank of the Congo River in Republic of Congo and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ref. 86918 ), including Pool Malebo, the Alima, Aruwimi and Tshopo rivers (Ref. 86918 ). Reports from the Tshuapa, Lomela and Salonga questionable, possibly representing a new species (Ref. 86918 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
