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Aplocheilichthys antinorii in Ethiopia
Black lampeye

Aplocheilichthys antinorii (Vinciguerra, 1883)
Family:	Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) , subfamily: Aplocheilichthyinae	picture (Apant_m0.jpg) by Grimm, M.
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Black lampeye
Max. size:	4.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 31267)
Environment:	benthopelagic; non-migratory; pH range: 7.5 - 8.5
Climate:	tropical; 18 - 22°C
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: shore weeds and shallow parks in lake Orsedi and the Suksuk river drainage near lake Zwai, in southern Ethiopia, Lake Naivasha and inflowing streams near Nairobi, southern Kenya.
Biology:	An aberrant population was found in the deeper parts of lake Naivasha. May now be extinct in Kenya due to the introduction of Tilapia and Micropterus salmoides (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Huber, J.H.. 1996. (Ref. 27139)
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Ethiopia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]	Ref:
Status:	native	Ref: Wildekamp, R.H., R. Romand and J.J. Scheel, 1986
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Shore weeds and shallow parks in Lake Orsedi and the Suksuk river drainage near Lake Zwai in southern Ethiopia (Ref. 3788). Also recorded from Lake Abiyati (Ref. 31267). Also Ref. 27139.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/et.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences Point map
Main Ref:	Getahun, A., 2007
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