Blue Gularis Killifish

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

Order: Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)

Family: Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)

 

Genus/species: Fundulopanchax sjostedti

 

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS: Brightly colored killifish.

 

DISTRIBUTION/HABITAT: Africa: Niger delta in southern and southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon. Found in temporary swamps and swampy parts of slow flowing brooks in the swampy coastal rainforest.

 

DIET IN THE WILD: Insect Larvae

 

REPRODUCTION: Bottom spawner. It lays eggs in the mud which drys out during the dry season. The adults die but the eggs lie dormant and hatch when the rains return.

 

IUCN Red List: Least Concern (LC)

 

WIL Challenges

 

References

 

California Academy of Sciences, Water is life exhibit 2015)

 

fishbase fishbase.org/summary/9792

 

IUCN Red List www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/181696/0

 

Ron's flickr www.flickr.com/photos/cas_docents/20589851839/in/dateposted/

 

Wordpress shortlink wp.me/p1DZ4b-1zH

 

8-20-15, 10-20-16

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