Aphyosemion rectogoense
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Quick facts
Difficulty2 of 8 measures
Not enough data to rate
More bars, more demanding. Hardiness is not averaged with the rest.
- Space
- unknown
- Water
- soft or acidic
- Temp
- unfussy
- Diet
- unknown
- Temperament
- unknown
- Social
- unknown
- Compatibility
- unknown
Hardiness on its own can raise the rating, whatever the measures above say.
- Hardiness
- unknown
Known only from the Batéké plateau region and surrounding area in southeastern Gabon where it's been recorded from the Léconi-Djouya and upper Mpassa rivers, these forming a portion of the much larger Ogooué basin. Type locality is '6 km west of Léconi', the latter presumably referring to the settlement of that name.
Water conditions
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.
rectogoense: etymology not explained, but appears to be a combination of the Latin participle rectus, meaning 'correct, proper' and the specific epithet ogoense (presumably taken from the congeneric species A. ogoense). Apparently, the first author Radda may have initially misidentified A. rectogoense as A. ogoense.
Distribution
Distribution
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