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Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni in Tanzania, United Rep. of
Lake Rukwa lampeye

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Aplocheilichthys fuelleborni   (Ahl, 1924)
Family:	Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) , subfamily: Aplocheilichthyinae			picture (Apfue_m0.jpg) by Seegers, L.
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Lake Rukwa lampeye
Max. size:	3.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 27292)
Environment:	benthopelagic; non-migratory; pH range: 6.5 - 7.19999980926514
Climate:	tropical; 22 - 25°C
Global Importance:
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)
Distribution:	Africa: endemic to Lake Rukwa, southwestern Tanzania.
Biology:	Probably lives between the border vegetation and swamps (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Huber, J.H.. 1996. (Ref. 27139)
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Tanzania, United Rep. of country information
Common names:	Lake Rukwa lampeye		Ref:  Seegers, L., 1996
Status:	endemic		Ref:  Wildekamp, R.H., R. Romand and J.J. Scheel, 1986
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Type locality: Lake Rukwa, sw. Tanzania (Ref. 26282). Nkululu River, Malagarasi drainage; Rungwa drainage; lower Wembere River near Sekenke; Lake Chaya, upper Wembere system (Ref. 31267).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/tz.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.isp.msu.edu/AFRICANSTUDIES/PLEA/TAFIRI.HTM
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Huber, J.H., 1996
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	Checked:  Froese, Rainer	Modified:  Froese, Rainer	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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