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Aplocheilichthys macrurus in Angola
Big tailed lampeye

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Aplocheilichthys macrurus   (Boulenger, 1904)
Family:	Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) , subfamily: Aplocheilichthyinae			picture (Apmac_m0.gif) by Mertens, P.
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Big tailed lampeye
Max. size:	5.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 27139)
Environment:	benthopelagic; non-migratory
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: northern and central Angola, possibly including the upper Kasai river drainage (Ref. 47311). Also reported from Namibia (Ref. 33857).
Biology:	Occurs in small rivers, brooks, swamps and shallow parts of larger rivers and lakes (Ref. 47311). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Huber, J.H.. 1996. (Ref. 27139)
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Angola country information
Common names:	Kanga, Lusese		Ref:  Poll, M., 1967
Status:	native		Ref:  Wildekamp, R.H., R. Romand and J.J. Scheel, 1986
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Found mainly in the drainage system of the Cuanza River and minor rivers flowing into the Atlantic Ocean; possibly also in the Cunene River drainage; there are also unconfirmed reports of the species inhabiting the upper Cubango and Kasai rivers (Ref. 47311). Also Ref. 3788, 11970, 27139.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ao.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Wildekamp, R.H., 1995
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	Checked:  Capuli, Estelita Emily	Modified:  Musschoot, Tobias	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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