Aphyosemion bualanum
Bouala Lyretail
Formerly Panchax bualanus Ahl, 1924
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- small tank
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The Bouala lyretail, Aphyosemion bualanum, is a killifish from the upper Benue and Mayo Kébbi systems in Cameroon, Central African Republic and Chad. It is listed as endangered by the IUCN. Before 1990 the name was misused for various populations of A. elberti.
Etymology
EditAphyosemion: 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.
bualanum: named for its type locality of "Buala, Cameroon" (now corresponds to a location in Central African Republic), in combination with the Latin suffix -anum, meaning 'of, pertaining to'.
Distribution
EditDescribed from 'Buala, Cameroon', which corresponds to modern-day Bouala in Central African Republic. Its known distribution includes parts of northern Cameroon, western Central African Republic, southeastern Chad and possibly eastern Nigeria in the upper Benue and Mayo Kébbi river systems.
Notes
EditThe specific name was mis-used to refer to various populations of the congener A. elberti prior to 1990, and we've been unable to confirm if the specimen pictured here is correctly identified or not. It is listed as 'endangered' by the IUCN.
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