Walker's magnificent carrot
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Walkers Killie or Ghana Killie ( Fundulopanchax walkeri ; Synonyms: Paraphyosemion walkeri ) is a killifish from western Africa . It is kept as an aquarium fish and was first introduced to Germany for this purpose in 1952.
distribution and habitat
Walker's ornate carafe inhabits waters of the rainforest areas in southwestern Ghana and in southeastern Ivory Coast . This species is the only Aphyosemion - or Fundulopanchax - species that is native to the west of the Dahomey Gap .
features
Animals of both sexes reach a length of 6 to 7 cm. The male is brightly blue on the sides of the body and shows a pattern of numerous irregular blue lines and dots. The bases of the unpaired fins are blue, their ends lined with golden yellow or red. Females are brownish, with a pattern of a few dark spots, and have colorless fins. The species is a ground spawner. The eggs have a diameter of 1.4 to 1.5 mm and a development time of two to three months.
- Fin formula : dorsal 14–16, anal 16–17.
- Scale formula : mLR 29–32.
literature
- Werner Neumann: Fundulopanchax (Paraphyosemion) walkeri. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. 2 volumes. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 386.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rüdiger Riehl, Hans A. Baensch : Aquarienatlas . 15th edition. Mergus Verlag, Melle 2007, ISBN 978-3-88244-227-4 (Volume 1). P. 542.
- ^ WJ Murphy and GE Collier: A molecular phylogeny for aplocheiloid fishes (Atherinomorpha, Cyprinodontiformes): the role of vicariance and the origins of annualism. Molecular Biology and Evolution (1997) 14 (8): 790-799. P. 796
- ↑ Reinhold Bech: Egg-laying tooth carps. Neumann Verlag, Leipzig - Radebeul, 1984, VLN 151-310 / 52/84
Web links
- Walker's Prachtkärpfling on Fishbase.org (English)
- Fundulopanchax walkeri inthe IUCN 2013 Red List of Threatened Species . Posted by: Entsua-Mensah, M. & Lalèyè, P., 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2014.