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Aphyosemion etsamense in Gabon

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Aphyosemion etsamense   Sonnenberg & Blum, 2005
Family:	Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	3.2 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 56139)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	tropical
Global Importance:	fisheries:
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Distribution:	Africa: Monts de Cristal, northwestern Gabon (Ref. 56139).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 0-0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-16; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 15-16. A slender and elongate species (Ref. 56139). The snout is rounded and the mouth directed upwards, the posterior end of mouth at the same level as center of the eye (Ref. 56139). Dorsal fin origin behind origin of anal fin and behind mid-length of body (Ref. 56139). Males have a nearly complete yellow dorsal fin with small irregular red dots only on basal and posterior edge of fin and complete blue colouration with red pigmentation of the sides; the red pigmentation is arranged in horizontal rows of dots which can fuse to closed or irregularly interrupted lines and in some specimens with red reticulation on the caudal peduncle (Ref. 56139). Females have a brown body, dorsally darker than ventrally; red dot at the end of scales, fusing to a reticulated pattern on caudal peduncle; unpaired and pelvic fins transparent with interradial red flames, anal and pelvic fins with traces of a small blueish marginal band, pectoral fins transparent with a small whitish marginal band (Ref. 56139).
Biology:	The species can be found in small rainforest creeks and rivers with slow flowing water (Ref. 56139)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Sonnenberg, R. and T. Blum. 2005. (Ref. 56139)
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Gabon country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	endemic		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type-locality of holotype of Aphyosemion (Mesoaphyosemion) etsamense: 'Gabon, western slopes of the Monts de Cristal, a small river at the village Etsam I, crossing the road N5 from Medoneu to Kougouleu' (Ref. 56139). Known from rivulets along the road N5 between Medoneu and Kougouleu (Ref. 56139).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gb.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Sonnenberg, R. and T. Blum, 2005
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