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Aplocheilichthys rancureli in Ghana
Rancurel's lampeye

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Aplocheilichthys rancureli   Daget, 1965
Family:	Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) , subfamily: Aplocheilichthyinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Rancurel's lampeye
Max. size:	5.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 27139)
Environment:	benthopelagic; non-migratory; pH range: 5.80000019073486 - 7.19999980926514
Climate:	tropical; 24 - 26°C
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: lower Tano River drainage in southwestern Ghana, lower Comoé, Banco, Boudo, Bia, Mé, lower Bandama, lower Sassandra and Cavally river drainages in the southern Côte d'Ivoire. Recorded from Liberia (Ref. 27139).
Biology:	Occurs an small forest rivers and brooks in the swampy rain forest on the coastal plain (Ref. 7372). Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (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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Ghana country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Teugels, G.G., C. Lévêque, D. Paugy and K. Traoré, 1988
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Known from the Lower Tano river drainage in southwest Ghana(Ref. 3788). Occurs in Bia (Ref. 30488). Also Ref. 272, 27139. Tweakpoloe River (Ref. 31267).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/gh.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Wildekamp, R.H., R. Romand and J.J. Scheel, 1986
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	Checked:  Froese, Rainer	Modified:  Froese, Rainer	Entered:  Binohlan, Crispina B.

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