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Fenerbahce

March 01, 2010

Fenerbahce Özdikmen, Polat, Yilmaz, and Yazicioğlu, 2006. [replacement name for Adamas Huber, 1979, which is preoccupied in the Hymenoptera by Adamas Malaise, 1945] Özdikmen, H., N. Polat, M. Yilmaz, and O. Yazicioğlu. 2006. A replacement name for the preoccupied genus name Adamas Huber, 1979 (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontiformes). Munis Entomology & Zoology 1(1): 167-168. [Munis is a printed journal, according to its editors]

Type species: Adamas formosus Huber, 1979, by monotypy.

Synonyms:

Adamas Huber, 1979. [preoccupied name]

Huber, J. H. 1979. Cyprinodontidés de la cuvette congolaise, Adamas formosus n. gen., n. sp. et nouvelle description de Aphyosemion splendidum. Revue française d'Aquariologie 6 (1): 5-10, 6 figs., 2 tables. [description: pp. 5-7, figs. 1-3]

Type species: Adamas formosus Huber, 1979, by monotypy.

Adamas Huber, 1979b: Parenti, 1981; Skelton, 1988, Lazara, 2001, 2008; Sonnenberg & van der Zee, 2008.

Adamans Huber, 2007

Huber, J. H., 2007. Non-availibility of a name electronically published: the case of Adamas Huber, 1979 (Pisces, Cyprinodontiformes, Nothobranchiidae), replaced on the internet. Zoosystema 29 (1): 209-214.

Type species: Adamas formosus Huber, 1979, by monotypy.

Adamans Huber 2007: Sonnenberg & van der Zee, 2008; Lazara, 2008.

Fenerbahce formosus

March 08, 2010

Fenerbahce formosus Huber, 1979.

Type locality: opposite the village of Ntokou, near thebank of the Likouala-Mossaka, Republic of Congo.

Adamas formosus Huber, 1979b: Huber, 1979d, 1982a; Jubb, 1981a [photo only]; Parenti, 1981, 1982b; Scheel, 1981d, 1990; Scheel & Romand, 1981; Wildekamp, 1981e; Glascock, 1982b; Terceira, 1983a; Woeltjes, 1983c; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; van der Zee, 1990; Lazara, 2001, 2008; Özdikmen, Polat, Yilmaz, & Yazicioğlu, 2006; Huber, 2007; Sonnenberg & van der Zee, 2008.

Adamans formosus (Huber, 2007): Sonnenberg & van der Zee, 2008; Lazara, 2008.

Fenerbahce formosus (Huber, 1979) [new combination]: Özdikmen, Polat, Yilmaz, & Yazicioğlu, 2006; Sonnenberg & van der Zee, 2008; Lazara, 2008.

Adinia

February 21, 2010

Adinia Girard, 1859.

Girard, C. 1859. Ichthyological notices. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 11: 113-122. [description: pp. 117-118]

Type species: Adinia multifasciata Girard, 1859b, by monotypy.

Adinia Girard, 1859b: Myers, 1931; Parenti, 1981; Wiley, 1986; Bernardi, 1997.

Adinia xenica

February 21, 2010

Adinia xenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882).

Diamond Killifish

Jordan, D. S. and C. H. Gilbert. 1882b. Notes on fishes observed about Pensacola, Florida, and Galveston, Texas, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 5: 241-307. [Volume 5 is dated 1883 but as is the case with early issues of the Proceedings, Volume 5 was issued in many parts, each with its own publication date.]

Type locality: Galveston, St. Joseph's Island, and Indianola, Texas.

Adinia multifasciata Girard, 1859b: Jordan, 1878b, 1887a; Evermann & Kendall, 1894a, 1899; Garman, 1895; Jordan & Evermann, 1896; Fowler, 1916, 1945c; Hubbs, 1926; Breder, 1929, 1948; Jordan, Evermann, & Clark, 1930; Gunter, 1945, 1950; Hoedeman & Bronner, 1951; Raney, Backus, Crawford, & Robins, 1953; Simpson & Gunter, 1956; Scheel, 1972b; Radda, 1975e; Seegers, 1980a; Lazara, 1981d; Parenti, 1981; Radda & Wildekamp, 1986.

Fundulus xenicus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882b [Jordan & Gilbert transferred multifasciata to Fundulus and then proposed xenicus as a replacement name because multifasciata (-us) was previously used in Fundulus.]: Goode & Bean, 1882b [The undescribed name xenicus attributed to, but not yet published by Jordan & Gilbert, is a nomen nudum in Goode & Bean.]; Jordan & Gilbert, 1883b; Evermann, 1892; Lazara, 1981d.

Adinia xenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882): Carr, 1936 [new combination]; Gosline, 1949; Baughman, 1950; Knapp, 1953; Reid, 1954; Carr & Goin, 1955; Kilby, 1955; Kilby & Caldwell, 1955; Gunter, 1956b; Joseph & Yerger, 1956; Eddy, 1957, 1969; Hubbs, 1957, 1970; Briggs, 1958; Hubbs & Drewry, 1959, 1962; Springer & Woodburn, 1960; Gunter & Hall, 1965; Foster, 1967a,b; Anonymous, 1968b; Ogilvie, 1969; Odum, 1970; Arndt, 1971, 1973; Hastings & Yerger, 1971; Swingle, 1971; Uyeno & Miller, 1971; Franz & Villwock, 1972 [tooth structure]; Gallaway, Parker, & Moore, 1972; Rosen, 1973; Douglas, 1974; Kushlan & Lodge, 1974; Swingle & Bland, 1974; Goldstein, 1975; Relyea, 1975; Walls, 1975; Koenig & Livingston, 1976; Livingston, 1976; Stevenson, 1976; Collette, 1977; Hoese & Moore, 1977, 1998; Mackowiak, 1977; Swift, Yerger, & Parrish, 1977; Robins, Bailey, Bond, et al., 1980; Baugh, 1981b,d,e, 1982c; Grimes, 1981; Lazara, 1981c,d; Parenti, 1981; Glascock, 1984a; Greeley, 1984; Cunningham & Balon, 1985, 1986a,b; Conner & Suttkus, 1986; Loftus & Kushlan, 1987; Harper, [R. W.], 1989; Fackert, 1990; de Greef, 1991; Hubbs, Edwards, & Garrett, 1991; Kaufmann & Lynch, 1991; Boschung, 1992; Slusarczuk, 1992b; Bernardi, 1997; De Bruyn, 1998 [reported syntopic with Rivulus marmoratus], 1999a; McEachran & Fechhelm, 1998.

Adinia zenica (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) [misspelling]: Brockman, 1974.

[The species name multifasciata was rejected as a junior secondary homonym in 1882 by Jordan & Gilbert. A name rejected as a junior secondary homonym prior to 1961 is permanently rejected.]

Aphyolebias

February 21, 2010

Aphyolebias Costa, 1998.

Costa, W. J. E. M. 1998. Phylogeny and classification of Rivulidae revisited: Origin and evolution of annualism and miniaturization in rivulid fishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei). Journal of Comparative Biology 3 (1): 33-92, 37 figs. [description: p. 78]

Type species: Pterolebias peruensis Myers, 1954, by original designation.

Aphyolebias Costa, 1998.

Aphyolebias obliquus

February 23, 2010

Aphyolebias obliquus (Costa, Sarmiento, & Barrera, 1996).

Mamoré Longfin

Costa, W. J. E. M, J. Sarmiento, and S. Barrera. 1996. A new species of the annual fish genus Pterolebias (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the Río Mamoré basin, Bolivian Amazon. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 7 (1): 91-95, fig., table, color photo.

Type locality: temporary swamp associated with Arroyo Curiraba in Estación Biológica Beni, Río Mamoré basin, Department of Beni, Bolivia.

Pterolebias obliquus Costa, Sarmiento, & Barrera, 1996.

Aphyolebias obliquus (Costa, Sarmiento, & Barrera, 1996): Costa, 1998d.

Aphyolebias peruensis

February 23, 2010

Aphyolebias peruensis (Myers, 1954).

Peruvian Lyretail

Myers, G. S. 1954. A new cyprinodont fish from the Peruvian Amazon. Aquarium Journal 25: 175-177, fig.

Type locality: eastern part of Loreto province, Peru.

Pterolebias peruensis Myers, 1954: Foersch, 1960b; Hoedeman, 1961d; Lüling, 1962, 1963, 1964; Nieuwenhuizen, 1962a; Radda, 1964; Klee, 1965d, 1975, 1982, 1993a; Post, 1965 [chromosome numbers]; Weitzman & Wourms, 1967a,b; Wourms, 1967, 1972b; Ricco, 1969a; Scheel, 1969b; Anascavage, 1970a; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Goldstein, 1972b, 1983; Schwiegerath, 1972; Vaz-Ferreira & Sierra, 1972b; Langton, 1973a; Mikkelsen, 1973a; Terceira, 1974c, 1979b; Thomerson, 1974; Castro, 1976a; Cozens, 1977; Straker, 1978; Maier, 1979b; Romine, 1979; Simpson, 1979; Parenti, 1981; Fels & de Rham, 1982; Franco, 1982; Nielsen, 1983; Seegers, 1983b [color photo following article on p. 80], 1984a, 1987; Glascock, 1984a; Morenski, 1984c; Wischmann, 1984; Koran, 1985; Oliveira, Almeida Toledo, Foresti, et al., 1988; Costa, 1990a, 1998d; Thomerson, Berkenkamp, & Taphorn, 1991; Phillips, 1992; Rösler, 1992; Elder, Turner, Thomerson, & Taphorn, 1993; Schindler & Staeck, 1993b; Villwock & Sienknecht, 1993; Brousseau, 1994a [egg incubation time, distribution map]; Him, 1995d [Yarina Cocha, Peru]; Lund, 1995; Costa, Sarmiento, & Barrera, 1996; Das, 1996; Hrbek & Larson, 1999 [Yarina Cocha, Peru].

Aphyolebias peruensis (Myers, 1954): Costa, 1998d.

Aphyolebias rubrocaudatus

February 21, 2010

Aphyolebias rubrocaudatus (Seegers, 1984).

Redtail Longfin

Seegers, L. 1984. Ein neuer Rivuline aus Peru: Pterolebias rubrocaudatus (Pisces: Atheriniformes: Cyprinodontidae). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 35 (1/3): 243-250, figs., table.

Type locality: Río Tambopata area, about 7 km from Puerto Maldonado, Río Madre de Dios entry, southeast Peru.

Pterolebias rubrocaudatus Seegers, 1984a: Ortega & Vari, 1986; Seegers, 1987a; Costa, 1988a; Thomerson & Taphorn, 1992a; Schindler & Staeck, 1993a,b; Brousseau, 1994a [egg incubation time, distribution map]; Costa, Sarmiento, & Barrera, 1996.

Aphyolebias rubrocaudatus (Seegers, 1984): Costa, 1998d.

Aphyolebias wischmanni

February 21, 2010

Aphyolebias wischmanni (Seegers, 1983).

Sandy Longfin

Seegers, L. 1983. Pterolebias wischmanni nov. spec. aus dem Ucayali-Einzug in Peru (Pisces: Atheriniformes: Rivulinae) Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal 15 (5): 67-74, 7 photos, 3 figs., table, map. [color photo of P. wischmanni preceding article on p. 65]

Type locality: in a small brook between the rivers Chipiria and Amaquiria, upper Río Ucayali, about 120 km from Pucallpa, Peru.

Austrofundulus U-67 "Sandy Longfin": Goldstein, 1969a; Ricco, 1969a,b.

Pterolebias wischmanni Seegers, 1983b: Busse, 1984; Seegers, 1984a, 1987; Wischmann, 1984; Hutchings [L.], 1985a; Ortega & Vari, 1986; Hutchings & Hutchings, 1990b; Schindler & Staeck, 1993b; Brousseau, 1994a [egg incubation time, distribution map]; Costa, Sarmiento, & Barrera, 1996.

Aphyolebias wischmanni (Seegers, 1983): Costa, 1998d.

Aphyosemion

March 01, 2010

Aphyosemion Myers, 1924

Type species: Aphyosemion casteneum Myers, 1924b, by original designation. [considered to be a synonym of Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915a)]

Aphyosemion Myers, 1924b: Ahl, 1928a [considered a synonum of Panchax]; Myers, 1931, 1954; Hoedeman, 1957; Poll, 1957; Stenholt Clausen, 1967; Lambert & Géry, 1979; Daget & Durand, 1981; Parenti, 1981; Amiet, 1987, 1991; Daget, 1988b; Elder, Turner, Thomerson & Taphorn, 1993; van der Zee & Wildekamp, 1994; Costa, 1995b, 1998f; Murphy & Collier, 1997.

[Murphy & Collier (1999), using 50 species and population variants of species, were able to support the monophyly of the genera Aphyosemion and Fundulopanchax.]

SubGenera:

Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971.

Radda, A. C. 1971. Cyprinodontidenstudien im südlichen Kamerun 2. Das Tiefland der Küste. Aquaria 18: 109-121, figs., map. [description: p. 118]

Type species: Fundulopanchax multicolor Meinken, 1930d, by original designation. [Fundulopanchax multicolor Meinken, 1930d is a homonym and synonym of Fundulopanchax multicolor Brüning, 1929e which is a subjective synonym of Fundulus bitaeniatus Ahl, 1924b, the latter is currently referred to the genus Aphyosemion as Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924b).]

Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971: Parenti, 1981; Amiet, 1987, 1991; Murphy & Collier, 1999 [monophyly of Chromaphyosemion supported].

Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977.

Huber, J. H. and L. Seegers. 1977. Vorlufige Beschreibung von Diapteron, nov. subgen. Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal 9 (9): 146-148, map.

Type species: Aphyosemion georgiae Lambert & Gry, 1968, by original designation.

Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977: Huber, 1978a; Huber & Seegers, 1978; Parenti, 1981; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Daget, 1988b; van der Zee & Wildekamp, 1994; Murphy & Collier, 1999 [In supporting the monophyly of Diapteron Murphy & Collier (1999) state: "The nested placement of this clade within, and not outside of, Aphyosemion does not support Seeger's (1980) suggestion of full generic rank for this group."]

Kathetys Huber, 1977.

Huber, J. H. 1977. Liste nominale annotée de Aphyosemion Myers, avec description de Raddaella et Kathetys deux sous-genres nouveaux à la biologie originale. Supplement to the Killi Revue (Killi Club de France) 4 (4): 16 pp. (unnumbered), 2 figs., 2 tables, photo. [description: excluding the cover, p. 11-14, fig., pages not numbered]

Type species: Haplochilus exiguus Boulenger, 1911a, by original designation [under the name Aphyosemion (K.) exiguum.]. [Huber originally included Aphyosemion exiguum, A. bualanum (misidentified = A. elberti), A. rubrifascium (= A. elberti), A. kekemense, and A. bamilekorum. The last species was later excluded by Amiet (1987) in his re-diagnosis of the subgenus.]

Kathetys Huber, 1977: Parenti, 1981; Amiet, 1987 [re-diagnosis pp. 244-245, A. bamilekorum excluded from Kathetys], 1991; Murphy & Collier, 1999 [monophyly of Kathetys supported].

Mesoaphyosemion Radda, 1977.

Radda, A. C. 1977e. Vorläufige Beschreibung von vier neuen Subgenera der Gattung Aphyosemion Myers. Aquaria 24: 209-216, fig.

Type species: Haplochilus cameronensis Boulenger, 1903, by original designation. [Aphyosemion cameronense (Blgr., 1911) was the name of the type species as used by Radda (1977); Blgr. = Boulenger]

Mesoaphyosemion Radda, 1977: Parenti, 1981; Romand, 1992 [as a synonym of Aphyosemion]; Murphy & Collier, 1999 ["Mesoaphyosemion...is clearly not a monophyletic group."].

[In Murphy and Collier (1999), A. mimbon, A. maculatum, and A. cameronense form a clade which could be assigned to the subgenus Mesoaphyosemion because A. cameronense is the type species of the genus. The placement of other species into Mesoaphyosemion, as delineated, for example, in Wildekamp (1993), is not supported by the data presented by Murphy and Collier (1999).]

Raddaella Huber, 1977.

Type species: Fundulus batesii Boulenger, 1911, by original designation [under the name Aphyosemion (R.) batesii.].

[Huber (1977) included Aphyosemion batesii, A. kunzi, and A. splendidum in the subgenus Raddaella. The latter two species were synonymized with A. batesii by Seegers (1986a) in his revision of Aphyosemion batesii.]

Raddaella Huber, 1977: Parenti, 1981; Amiet, 1987; van der Zee & Wildekamp, 1994; Murphy & Collier, 1999 [placement of Raddaella as a subgenus within Aphyosemion].

Huber 1979b

February 22, 2010

Huber, J. H. 1979b. Cyprinodontidés de la cuvette congolaise, Adamas formosus n. gen., n. sp. et nouvelle description de Aphyosemion splendidum. Revue française d'Aquariologie 6 (1): 5-10, 6 figs., 2 tables.

Parenti,1981

February 22, 2010

Parenti, L. R. 1981. A phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of cyprinodontiform fishes (Teleostei, Atherinomorpha). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 168 (4): 335-557, 99 figs., 3 tables, maps.

Aphyosemion abacinum

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion abacinum Huber, 1976.

Huber, J. H. 1976. Un nouveau killi du Gabon nord-oriental, Aphyosemion abacinum nov. spec. (Athériniforme, Cyprinodontidé, Rivuliné). Revue française d'Aquariologie 3 (3): 79-82, 4 figs., 3 tables. [photos, sketch, map]

Type locality: 30 km north of Mékambo [Ivindo region, Gabon].

Subgenus: Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977.

Aphyosemion abacinum Huber, 1976: Huber, 1977a, 1978a,b, 1980a,c,d; Huber & Seegers, 1977, 1978; Radda, 1977c, 1980c; Scheel, 1981a [list],c; Wildekamp, 1981d, 1993a; Terceira, 1983b; Hannink, 1985; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Daget, 1988b; Anonymous, 1992e; Harper, 1993b; Kukelhan, 1996.

Diapteron abacinum (Huber, 1976): Huber, 1980a, 1982b; Seegers, 1980a,c, 1981; Brosset, 1982; Astbury, 1983b; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Lazara, 1987a; Brosset & Lachaise, 1995.

Aphyosemion ahli

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion ahli Myers, 1933.

Myers, G. 1933. The genera of Indo-Malayan and African cyprinodont fishes related to Panchax and Nothobranchius. Copeia 1933 (4): 180-185. [replacement name proposed: pp. 183-184; original description found in Meinken (1932a). "Die calliurus-Gruppe der Gattung Panchax. Das Aquarium 1932: 3-5." description: pp. 3-4; plate 48, fig. 1]

Type locality: tropical West Africa, type locality not known, aquarium import.

Haplochilus elegans [misidentification]: Boulenger, 1903c; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Panchax (Aphyosemion) calliurus var. caeruleus Meinken, 1932a.

Aphyosemion calliurium ahli Myers, 1933a [renamed because caeruleus is preoccupied]: Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Post, 1965 [chromosome numbers]; Stenholt Clausen, 1966b; Lambert & Géry, 1968 [in part, according to Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel (1986)]; Anonymous, 1969; Tirbak, 1970a; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Maier, 1975d; Davis, 1984; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Aphyosemion ahli Myers, 1933a: Foersch, 1968b; Scheel, 1968a, 1969a, 1972e, 1973b, 1974a [in part],d,f,g, 1975a,d, 1990; Radda, 1970a, 1971c, 1972c, 1973h, 1977b,c,e, 1979; Tirbak, 1970b,c,d,e, 1971c; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Roman, 1971; Haefelin, 1972, 1973a,c; Goldstein, 1973b; Radda & Boehm, 1973; Trewavas, 1974; Wright, 1974; Langton, 1975a; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977c; Huber, 1978a, 1982a, 1998a, 1999b; Wildekamp, 1978g, 1993a, 1994b; Suffia, 1982b, 1989b; Hannink, 1983; Daget, 1984; Gasior, 1986a; Hutchings, [J.], 1986 [Kribi, Cameroon]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Amiet, 1987; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Anonymous, 1992e; Eberl, 1992a [Edea, Cameroon],b; Niedzielski, 1992a; Henglein, 1994; Kadlec, 1997a [sympatric with Fundulopanchax fallax]; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Poliak, 1997; Heller, 1999a; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion pascheni [misidentification]: Radda, 1971d [fig. 10]; Scheel, 1974a.

Aphyosemion alpha

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion alpha Huber, 1998.

Alpha Banner Killifish

Huber, J. H. 1998. Aphyosemion alpha n. sp., Eine neue Art der Untergattung Chromaphyosemion mit einem ausgeprägten Färbungsmuster und einer besonders südlichen Verbreitung. Das Aquarium 32 (350): 15-23, illustration, 5 color photos, 2 maps. [description: pp. 16-18, illustration, 2 color photos; additional color photo p. 23]

Type locality: kilometer marker 17.1 along the road from the Libreville Airport to Cape Esterias, northwestern Gabon.

Subgenus: Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971.

Aphyosemion splendopleure [misidentification]: Radda, 1975a

Aphyosemion splendopleure [? misidentification]: Huber, 1980d.

Aphyosemion species no. 2 (Chromaphyosemion): Eberl, 1996; Drake, 1999; Huber, 1999b.

Aphyosemion alpha Huber, 1998b: Drake, 1999; Huber, 1999b; Legros, 1999.

Aphyosemion amoenum

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion amoenum Radda & Pürzl, 1976.

Radda, A. C. and E. Pürzl. 1976. Der Aphyosemion cameronense-Komplex. Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal 8 (11): 131-144, 8 figs., table. [description: pp. 134-138, 4 figs. (b&w and color photos)]

Type locality: rainforest brook, 3.5 km north-northeast of the branch-off point on the road from Sonbo to Bibang along the Edea-Yaoundé stretch, Ndoupé, Kellé-influx, Nyong system, Cameroon.

Aphyosemion amoenum Radda & Pürzl, 1976: Huber, 1977a, 1978a; Radda, 1977a,b,e, 1979; Radda & Pürzl, 1977b; Terceira, 1979c; Scheel, 1981d; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986 [as a synonym of A. raddai]; Amiet, 1987; Eberl, 1992a [Mouanko, Cameroon], b; Gasior, 1993b; Wildekamp, 1993a, 1994; Henglein, 1994; van der Zee & Specht, 1995e [CGE 91/13]; Passaro & Eberl, 1996; Eberl, 1997c; Nyman, 1997b [Pouma]; Rodriguez [A.C.], 1999 [EMS 90/8].

Aphyosemion raddai amoenum Radda & Pürzl, 1976: Scheel, 1981b [proposed as a subspecies of A. raddai], 1990.

Aphyosemion aureum

February 23, 2010

Aphyosemion aureum Radda, 1980.

Golden Banner Killifish

Radda, A. C. 1980. Beschreibung zweier neuer Aphyosemion -Arten aus Süd-Gabun. Aquaria 27: 201-205, 3 figs., 2 tables. [description: pp. 201-202, 205, fig. 1, table 1]

Type locality: 47 km southwest of Koulamoutou, along National Highway N6 to Mimongo, in a small rainforest brook near the village of Mouila, Du Chaillu-Massiv, Province of Ogôoué-Lolo, southern Gabon.

Aphyosemion aureum Radda, 1980a: Hannink, 1982, 1983; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986, 1990; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Wildekamp, 1993a; Feilzer, 1994; Huber, 1994, 1999a; Eberl, 1998b,c; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion australe

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921).

Chocolate Lyretail [Gold Lyretail for the gold morph]

Rachow, A. 1921. Haplochilus calliurus var. australis pp. 26-27 In: K. Stansch, Die Zahnkarpfen oder Kärpflinge. Teil I. Die eigebärende Zahnkarpfen (Cyprinodontidae oviparae). Bibliothek für Aquarien und Terrarienkunde, Braunschweig. No. 16. [Revised by A. Rachow; type-written copy of pp. 26-27 seen, original not seen. The Bibliothek für Aquarien und Terrarienkunde referenced above was not a periodical. It was a series of books that were, from time to time, revised and republished. Some of these volumes underwent a number of revisions. Number 16, devoted to the egglaying toothcarps, was first published in 1909 by Stansch who revised it in 1912 dividing the material into Numbers 16 and 24. Rachow is commonly given credit, as for example in Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel (1986), for having been the editor of the 1921 edition of Number 16 in which Haplochilus calliurus var. australis was first described.]

Type locality: Cape Lopez [Port-Gentil, Gabon].

Haplochilus spec. [Cape Lopez]: Arnold, 1913b; Zindler, 1914; Sauer, 1920; Rachow, 1928 [identified as A. australe].

Haplochilus spec. (cameronensis var.?) Gabon: Kramp, 1914; Seegers, 1986a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

"Rivulus rubra" Kramp, 1914. [the quotes used by Kramp make this name unavailable] [The seaman who brought this species to Germany from Africa called it by this name. Kramp, realizing that both the genus was very wrong for an African fish and that the fish was undescribed, correctly placed the name in quotes.]

Haplochilus cameronensis [misidentification]: Boulenger, 1915a [in part, Cape Lopez]; Milewski, 1916.

Haplochilus spec. (cameronensis) Cap Lopez: Aubry, 1915; Milewski, 1915.

Haplochilus calliurus var. southern form [viewed as a southern population of H. calliurus]: Rachow, 1920; Schermer, 1924c [part 6].

Haplochilus calliurus var. australis Rachow, 1921: Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion].

Aphyosemion calliurus var. australis (Rachow, 1921) [incorrect Latin endings for both the species and subspecies]: Myers, 1924b.

Panchax polychromus Ahl, 1924d: Rachow, 1924b [as a synonym], 1928; Schreitmüller, 1928; Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Bertin & Estève, 1950 [paratypes]; Scheel, 1968a; Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Aphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921): Rachow, 1928; Beyer, 1930a; Myers, 1933a; Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Roloff, 1937; Berthold, 1949b, 1950c; Goldmann, 1949; Arnold, 1950; Hoedeman, 1957; Peters, 1963a; Knepper, 1964; Scheel, 1964a, 1966b, 1968a, 1973a,b, 1974a,b,d, 1990; Klee, 1965d, 1975, 1981d, 1986, 1993a; Stenholt Clausen & Scheel, 1966; Poernomo, 1967 [pseudobranch]; Stenholt Clausen, 1967; Anonymous, 1968b; Lambert & Géry, 1968; Maier, 1969b, 1971a,c, 1973b, 1974a,e, 1975d,e, 1976d, 1978a,b,c, 1979a,b, 1980; Anascavage, 1970d; Tirbak, 1970b,d; Trusso, 1970a; Anonymous, 1971; Bussey, 1971; Gazarek, 1971; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Law, 1971; Warner, 1971b; Behr, 1972; Cahalan, 1972; Dalgleish, 1972a, 1973a,c, 1976; Grady, 1972; Grimm, 1972; Wourms, 1972b,c; Anonymous, 1973; Hoppe, 1973a; Milgram, 1973a,c, 1993; Terceira, 1974c, 1981; Ewing, 1975; Radda, 1975a, 1977c,e, 1978, 1980c; Suffia, 1975, 1976a; Castro, 1976a, 1993; Komarek, 1976; Radda & Huber, 1976; Huber, 1977a,c, 1978a, 1980c,d, 1981a, 1982a,b, 1998a,b, 1999b; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977c; Buytaert, 1979a,b; Grady, 1979; Indell, 1979; Labhart & Ziswiler, 1979; Morales, 1979; Seegers, 1979a; Specht, 1979; Hunnam, Milne, & Stebbing, 1981 [color photo]; Stoops, 1981; Butcher, 1982; Carr, 1982; Glascock, 1982a,b, 1983a; Leibel, 1982; Morenski, 1984b; Chang, 1985; Gasior, 1986a; Hoffman, 1986a; Nunziata, 1986; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Söhl & Schwartz, 1989; Long, 1990; Henglein, 1991; Silva, 1991; Anonymous, 1992e; Nguyen, 1992a; Niedzielski, 1992c; Clairmont, 1993; Rodriquez & Rodriquez, 1993; Wildekamp, 1993a; Langton, 1994c; Him, 1995a; Suffia, 1995; Charny, 1996; Guida, 1997; Murphy & Collier, 1997, 1999; Nyman, 1997b; Taylor, 1997; McKeighen, 1998a; Warner, 1998; Collier & Murphy, 1999 [systematics and biogeography]; Eberl, 1999b.

lyretail: Anascavage, 1970b; Fletcher, 1972.

Panchax australe (Rachow, 1921) [incorrect Latin ending]: Meinken, 1930a; Engelhardt, 1931; Henzelmann, 1931b; Beyer, 1932b.

Aphyosemion australe (Rachow) var. hjerresensii Meinken, 1953b: Meinken, 1950s(a) [published sometime after 1954]; Hjerresen, 1954.

Aphyosemion australe hjerreseni Meinken, 1953b [misspelling]: Scheel, 1968 [as a synonym], 1990.

Aphyosemion polychromum (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1990.

Aphyosemion bamilekorum

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion bamilekorum Radda, 1971.

Bamileke Banner Killifish

Radda, A. C. 1971. Cyprinodontidenstudien im südlichen Kamerun. 5. Das Wald- und Grasland im westlichen Kamerun. Anhang: vorläufigen Beschreibung von Aphyosemion bamilekorum nov. spec. Aquaria 18 (5): 173-182, figs., map, tables. [appendix with description: pp. 177-182, figs. 5-8, table 1]

Type locality: a small fast-flowing brook in a grassy field 9 km northwest of Bafoussam, along the road to Bamenda, southwest part of east Cameroon.

Aphyosemion bamilekorum Radda, 1971g: Radda,1973b,g,i, 1974a,b, 1977a, 1979, 1986; Scheel, 1974a,g, 1975d,e,g, 1990; Radda & Scheel, 1975b; Huber, 1977a, 1978a; Kottelat, 1977a; JAKA Staff, 1978; Woeltjes & Pürzl, 1981; Glascock, 1982b; Koran, 1986b; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Amiet, 1987; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Wildekamp, 1993a; van der Zee & Wildekamp, 1994; Eberl, 1997a.

Aphyosemion batesii

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion batesii (Boulenger, 1911).

Boulenger, G. A. 1911. Descriptions of new African cyprinodont fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8: 260-268. [description: pp. 261-262]

Type locality: South Cameroon (Congo basin), Ja and Bumba Rivers. [rivers Dja and Boumba, Zaire River basin, southeastern Cameroon; "...described from two specimens from Bitye in east Cameroon..." Seegers (1986a)]

Subgenus: Raddaella Huber, 1977.

Fundulus gularis [misidentification]: Pellegrin, 1907, 1911d; Seegers, 1986a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Fundulus batesii Boulenger, 1911a: Boulenger, 1915a; Ahl, 1924b,e; Holly, 1927a,b, 1930; Pellegrin, 1929 [listed, misspelled batesi], 1930a; Seegers, 1986a [revision]; Kelley, 1995b.

Fundulus sjoestedti [misidentification]: Boulenger, 1915a [specimens 1-5 from Akonolinga, according to Seegers (1986a)]; Seegers, 1986a [in part]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Fundulus gustavi Ahl, 1924b: Holly, 1930; Pellegrin, 1930a; Radda, 1963; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. beauforti], 1975g; Huber, 1977a [as a synonym of A. batesii], 1978; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Kelley, 1995b.

Fundulus splendidus Pellegrin, 1930a: Bertin & Estève, 1950 [syntypes]; Seegers, 1986a [synonym of Aphyosemion batesii]; Kelley, 1995b.

Aphyosemion batesii (Boulenger, 1911a) [sometimes misspelled with one "i"]: Myers, 1924b [in subgenus Fundulopanchax], 1933a; Poll, 1951a, 1952a [in subgenus Fundulopanchax], b; Franz, 1967; Stenholt Clausen, 1967; Scheel, 1968a, 1972c, 1973c, 1974a, 1975d,f, 1981b,d, 1986, 1990; Radda, 1970a, 1971d,f, 1974c, 1975b, 1977a,b,c,e, 1979; Tirbak, 1970e; Schrieken, 1971a; Langton, 1972a,b,c,e, 1973a,b; Haefelin, 1973a,c; Mikkelsen, 1973a; Ricco, 1973; Böhm, 1974, 1977a; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1979b,d, 1999a; Leibel, 1977; Radda & Pürzl, 1977, 1983, 1987a [color photo]; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977e; Haller, 1978; JAKA Staff, 1979; Castro, 1982d; Vlaming, 1982c; Astbury, 1983b; Seegers, 1986a; Amiet, 1987.

Fundulopanchax batesii (Boulenger, 1911a): Meinken, 1930b; Lazara, 1984; Langton, 1993a; Henglein, 1994; Kelley, 1995b; Niedzielski & Franco, 1995; Ziolkowski, 1995.

Aphyosemion gustavi (Ahl, 1924b): Myers, 1933a; Scheel,

1968a [as a synonym of A. batesii], 1990; Huber, 1977b, 1978a; Seegers, 1986a [as a synonym of A. batesii].

Aphyosemion splendidum (Pellegrin, 1930a): Myers, 1933a; Stenholt Clausen, 1967; Lambert & Géry, 1968; Scheel, 1968a, 1972c, 1973c, 1975f, 1981d, 1986, 1990; Anonymous, 1969; Langton, 1972e [with incorrect Latin ending: splendidus]; Puerzl & Radda, 1973; Huber, 1977a,b, 1978a, 1979b [subgenus Raddaella],d, 1980a,c, 1982b, 1998c, 1999a; Radda, 1977c, 1980b,c; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977e; Wildekamp, 1981e; Brosset, 1982 [probable synonym of A. batesii]; Seegers, 1986a; Amiet, 1987; Long, 1990.

Aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax) schreineri Ahl, 1935: Bertin & Estève, 1950 [paratype]; Radda, 1963 [as a synonym of A. beauforti]; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of Fundulus batesii]; Huber, 1977a, 1978a [as a synonym of A. batesii]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Seegers, 1986a.

Aphyosemion kunzi Radda, 1975a: Bochtler & Heinrich, 1977; Huber, 1977a,b, 1978a,b, 1979b [as a synonym of A. splendidum],d, 1980d, 1982b [as a synonym of A. splendidum]; Radda, 1977c,i [color photo], 1979; Radda & Pürzl, 1977a, 1987a [color photo]; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977e; Haller, 1978; Scheel, 1981d, 1990; Wildekamp, 1981e; Brosset, 1982; Seegers, 1986a [as a synonym of A. batesii]; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion spectabile [nomen nudum]: Böhm, 1975b; Seegers, 1986a [as a synonym of A. batesii].

Raddaella batesi (Boulenger, 1911a) [misspelling]: Brosset, 1982.

Fundulopanchax splendidus (Pellegrin, 1930a): Lazara, 1984; Kelley, 1995b; Niedzielski & Franco, 1995.

Aphyosemion schreineri Ahl, 1935: Scheel, 1990.

Fundulopanchax kunzi (Radda, 1975a): Kelley, 1995b; Niedzielski & Franco, 1995.

Raddaella kunzi (Radda, 1975a): Brosset & Lachaise, 1995.

[Spelling note: two "i"s (batesii) are used in the original spelling, but many authors use only one "i" in their (mis)spelling of batesii; usage is very mixed, even from one publication to another by the same author.]

[Taxonomic note: a mitochondrial DNA analysis of more than 50 species comprising the genera Fundulopanchax and Aphyosemion by Murphy & Collier (1999) places A. kunzi (= A. batesii) well within the species groups forming the genus Aphyosemion.]

Aphyosemion bitaeniatum

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924).

Ahl, E. 1924. Neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Zoologischer Anzeiger 61 (3/4): 135-145. [description: p. 141]

Type locality: Niger [Niger River, southern Nigeria].

Subgenus: Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971.

Fundulus bivittatus [misidentification]: Arnold, 1908b, 1912e; Rauschenbach, 1912; Boulenger, 1915a [in part].

Fundulus bitaeniatus Ahl, 1924b: Scheel, 1966a, 1968a [as a synonym of Aphyosemion bivittatum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Wildekamp, 1993a.

Fundulus rubrostictus Ahl, 1924b: Scheel, 1966a, 1968a [as a synonym of Aphyosemion bivittatum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Wildekamp, 1993a. [Fundulus rubrostictus and Fundulus bitaeniatus are hypothesized to be synonyms of each other. Both species were described in Ahl (1924b). Acting as first revisers, Wildekamp, Romand, and Scheel (1986) designated Fundulus rubrostictus to be the junior synonym of Fundulus bitaeniatus.]

Aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax) bivittatus [misidentification; incorrect Latin ending]: Myers, 1924b [in part, due to range given]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Fundulopanchax bitaeniatus (Ahl, 1924b): Rachow, 1928; Brüning, 1929d; Meinken, 1930b,d.

Fundulopanchax bivittatus [misidentification]: Rachow, 1928; Brüning, 1929d [in part, one male figured may be A. bivittatum]; Meinken, 1930b [in part, figure, p. 190]; Ladiges, 1934b [fig., p. 119]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Fundulopanchax multicolor Brüning, 1929e: Brüning, 1929c; Wildekamp, 1993a.

Fundulopanchax multicolor Meinken, 1930d [homonym and synonym] [In the same publication in which Brüning (1929e) had described Fundulopanchax multicolor a few months earlier, Meinken described Fundulopanchax multicolor as a new species with no reference to Brüning's earlier work. Meinken's description was long regarded to be the original description of F. multicolor.]: Meinken, 1930b ; Scheel, 1966a, 1968a [as a synonym of Aphyosemion bivittatum]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924b): Myers, 1933a [listed]; Arnold & Ahl,1936; Daget & Iltis, 1965; Klee, 1965c; Anonymous, 1968b; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym], 1974d,e [in part], 1975a,d, 1990; Anonymous, 1971; Terceira & Slocum, 1975; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1998b, 1999b; Kottelat, 1977a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Lévêque, Paugy, & Teugels, 1991; Carroll, 1993 [Godmey-Cotonou, Togo]; Castro, 1993; Kelley, 1993b; Wildekamp, 1993a; Eberl, 1996; Tanaka, 1998 [color photo]; Legros, 1999.

Aphyosemion rubrostictum (Ahl, 1924b): Myers, 1933a; Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Daget & Iltis, 1965; Anonymous, 1968b; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. bivittatum],

1990; Terceira & Slocum, 1975.

Aphyosemion multicolor (Brüning, 1929e): Myers, 1933a; Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Meinken, 1950s (b); Daget & Iltis, 1965; Klee, 1965c; Poernomo, 1967 [pseudobranch, fig. 2]; Stenholt Clausen, 1967; Anonymous, 1968b; Scheel, 1968a, 1974a, 1990; Anonymous, 1971; Terceira & Slocum, 1975; Huber, 1977a, 1978a; Radda, 1977d; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977a; Radda & Pürzl, 1981a, 1982; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Eberl, 1994.

Aphyosemion bivittatum [misidentification]: Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Tusche, 1952a; Hoedeman, 1954b, 1957; Nieuwenhuizen, 1958; Stenholt Clausen, 1964a,b [in part]; Scheel, 1966a [synonymy with A. bitaeniatum], 1968a [in part], 1974a [in part]; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers; in part]; Ewing & Evans, 1973; Feucht, 1974 [coastal area]; Dow, Ewing, & Sutherland, 1975; Ewing, 1975; Radda, 1975c; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Aphyosemion bivittatum multicolor (Brüning, 1929e): Tirbak, 1970b.

Aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax) nigri Ahl, 1935b: Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Aphyosemion nigri Ahl, 1935b: Daget & Iltis, 1965; Scheel, 1968a, 1990.

Aphyosemion bivittatum bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924b): Tirbak, 1970b; Mikkelsen, 1973a; McKeighen, 1979.

Aphyosemion (Chromaphyosemion) bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924b): Romand, 1992; Paugy, Traoré, & Diouf, 1994.

Chromaphyosemion bitaeniatum (Ahl, 1924b): Warner, 1998.

Aphyosemion bivittatum

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895).

Lönnberg, E. 1895. Notes on fishes collected in the Cameroons by Mr. Y. Sjöstedt. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 52 (3): 179-195. [description: pp. 190-191]

Type locality: rivulet near the waterfall of the river N'dian, [southwestern] Cameroon.

Subgenus: Chromaphyosemion Radda, 1971.

Fundulus bivittatus Lönnberg, 1895: Arnold, 1908b, 1911b,c; Boulenger, 1908a, 1915a [in part]; Pellegrin, 1922b [listed], 1923b; Ahl, 1924b,e; Holly, 1930.

Aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax) bivittatus (Lönnberg, 1895) [incorrect Latin ending]: Myers, 1924b [in part].

Fundulopanchax bivittatus (Lönnberg, 1895): Brüning, 1929d [in part, one male figured may be A. bivittatum]; Meinken,1930b [in part, one male figured, p. 190, may be A. bivittatum]; Kelley, 1995b.

Fundulopanchax bivittatus var. coerulea Meinken, 1930c [incorrect Latin ending]: Meinken, 1930b; Myers, 1933a; Scheel, 1974e; Radda, 1977d; Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Fundulopanchax var. blau Meinken, 1930b.

Nothobranchius bivittatus (Lönnberg, 1895): Beyer, 1932b.

Aphyosemion bivittatum hollyi Myers, 1933a [renamed to replace Aphyosemion bivittatum var. coerulea (Meinken, 1930c) because coerulea (-us) is preoccupied]: Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Klee, 1965c; Post, 1965 [chromosome numbers]; Franz, 1967; Anonymous, 1968b; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym], 1969a, 1974e, 1990; Kluge, 1970a; Tirbak, 1970b; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Mikkelsen, 1973a; Feucht, 1974 [border between Nigeria and Cameroon]; Terceira, 1974c, 1975b, 1980b, 1983c; Mohrmeyer, 1975a; Terceira & Slocum, 1975; Kraus, 1976; Maier, 1976c; Radda, 1977d,f; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977a; Wilson, 1980; Glascock, 1984a; Fargher, 1986.

Aphyosemion bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895): Myers, 1933a [misidentified Aphyosemion bitaeniatum according to Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986 but Myers (1933a) does not identify the specimens he examined.]; Meinken, 1950s (c); Hoedeman, 1957; Gras, 1961b; Kähsbauer, 1962 [listed]; Stenholt Clausen, 1964a,b [in part], 1966b, 1967; Daget & Iltis, 1965; Klee, 1965c; Scheel, 1966b,c, 1968a [in part],d, 1971b,c, 1972a,b,e,f, 1973b,c, 1974a [in part A. bitaeniatum, in part A. splendopleure],b,e,f, 1975a,d,f,g [?], 1981d, 1986, 1990; Poernomo, 1967 [pseudobranch, fig. 2]; Anonymous, 1968b; Goldstein, 1970e; Neumann, 1970b; Tirbak, 1970b,e [Lagos, Ijebu-Ode, Meko],d, 1971c; Bussey, 1971; Clifford, 1971; Foersch, 1971d; Gazarek, 1971; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers, in part]; Harrison, 1971; Loiselle, 1971; Behr, 1972, 1998; Grimm, 1972; Haefelin, 1972, 1973a,b,c; Harper [L.R.], 1972, 1993c; Langton, 1972a,b,g, 1973a, 1993b; Schleser, 1972b; Wourms, 1972b,c; Hoppe, 1973a; Milgram, 1973a; Radda, 1973b,c [superspecies],h, 1974a,b, 1976b, 1977b,d,f,g,h, 1978, 1979; Mamonov, 1974; Dalgleish, 1975b; Maier, 1975e, 1976a; Mohrmeyer, 1975a; Terceira, 1975b, 1976b, 1983c; Terceira & Slocum, 1975 [in part]; Slocum & Terceira, 1975 [syntopic with Procatopus similis]; Kraus, 1976; Radda & Pürzl, 1976, 1977b, 1982, 1987a [color photo]; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1998b, 1999b; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977a; Davis [S.], 1978; McKeighen, 1979; Romine, 1979; Wilson, 1980; Anonymous, 1981 [photo only, Funge, Cameroon]; Kroll, 1981; Parenti, 1981; Leibel, 1982; Hutchings, 1983 [Funge, Cameroon]; Daget, 1984; Anonymous, 1985; Specht, 1985 [Funge, Cameroon]; Henglein, 1986 [Lykoko, Cameroon]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Amiet, 1987, 1991 [key]; Davis, 1987a; Hutchings & Hutchings, 1987; Ferdenzi, 1989b [Funge]; McCabe, 1989; Suffia, 1989b, 1995; Kukelhan, 1991; Stoecker, 1991; Malinak, 1992 [Lykoko]; Niedzielski, 1992a; Sutcliffe, 1992; Teugels, Reid, & King, 1992; Carroll, 1993; Wildekamp, 1993a, 1994b; Eberl, 1994, 1996; Brosset & Lachaise, 1995; Kelley, 1995b; Him, 1996b [Kienke, Cameroon]; Guida, 1997; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Murphy & Collier, 1997, 1999; Nyman, 1997b [Biafra]; Seegers, 1997a; Collier & Murphy, 1999 [systematics and biogeography].

Aphyosemion bivittatum coerulea (Meinken, 1930) [incorrect Latin ending]: Terceira, 1983c.

Aphyosemion (Chromaphyosemion) bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895): Romand, 1992; Paugy, Traoré, & Diouf, 1994.

Aphyosemion bochtleri

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion bochtleri Radda, 1975.

Radda, A. C. 1975. Contribution to the knowledge of the cyprinodonts of Gabon with the description of four new species and one new subspecies of the genus Aphyosemion Myers. British Killifish Association Publication. 20 pp., 12 plates, table. [description: pp. 6, 15; plate 8, p. 10]

Type locality: rainforest brook about 300 meters from the village of Mintoum on the right side of the road in the direction of Ovan.

Aphyosemion bochtleri Radda, 1975a: Huber, 1977a,b, 1978a, 1980a,c,d, 1982b; Radda, 1977c,e,i [color photo], 1978; Radda & Pürzl, 1977a; Buytaert, 1981; Scheel, 1981b,d; Terceira, 1981; Brosset, 1982 [as a synonym of A. herzogi]; Astbury, 1983b; Stoecker, 1986; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986 [as a synonym of A. herzogi]; Daget, 1988b; Wildekamp, 1993a; Henglein, 1994; Brosset & Lachaise, 1995; Passaro & Eberl, 1996 [GWW 86/11], 1999; Eberl, 1999b.

Aphyosemion herzogi bochtleri Radda, 1975a: Radda & Pürzl, 1987a; Scheel, 1990; Harper, 1993a.

Aphyosemion bualanum

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion bualanum (Ahl, 1924).

Buala Banner Killifish

Ahl, E. 1924. Zur Systematik der altweltlichen Zahnkarpfen der Unterfamilie Fundulinae. Zoologischer Anzeiger 60 (1/2): 49-55. [description: pp. 54-55]

Type locality: O-Sanga Uham, Buala, Cameroon [present-day Bouala, Central African Republic].

Panchax bualanus Ahl, 1924e: Holly, 1930 [as a synonym of Panchax cameronensis]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Huber, 1998c.

Aphyosemion bualanum (Ahl, 1924e): Seegers, 1986a; Wildekamp, 1993a; Nyman, 1997b; Huber, 1998c.

Aphyosemion cameronense [misidentification]: Blache, 1964; Seegers, 1986a [tentatively proposed synonym]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel (1986) [under Aphyosemion cameronense, as a doubtful determination]; Lévêque, Paugy, & Teugels, 1991.

Aphyosemion buytaerti

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion buytaerti Radda & Huber, 1978.

Radda, A. C. and J. H. Huber. 1978. Die Rivulinae des südlichen Kongo (Brazzaville) 1. Beschreibung von vier neuen Arten der Gattung Aphyosemion Myers. Aquaria 25: 173-183, 11 figs. [photos, sketches] [description: pp. 181-183, figs. 11,12]

Type locality: Ékouma River, by the village of Ogôoué, between Zanaga and Voula II, Republic of Congo.

Aphyosemion buytaerti Radda & Huber, 1978: Buytaert, 1979a,b [location RPC-28], 1981 [photo]; Seegers & Wildekamp, 1979; Hannink, 1980; Radda, 1980c; Huber, 1981a; Scheel, 1981c, 1990; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a; Wildekamp, 1993a.

Aphyosemion calliurum

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion calliurum (Boulenger, 1911).

Yellow Lyretail Banner Killifish

Boulenger, G. A. 1911. Descriptions of new African cyprinodont fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8: 260-268. [description: pp. 265-266]

Type locality: Liberia, aquarium material of doubtful origin according to Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel (1986) and Scheel (1990); type locality in southern Nigeria according to Stenholt Clausen, 1967. [distribution in the Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa (CLOFFA): southern Benin, southern Nigeria, and southwestern Cameroon (Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986)]

Haphochilus elegans [misidentification]: Arnold, 1908a; Boulenger, 1911a; Scheel, 1968a; Seegers, 1988a.

Haplochilus calliurus Boulenger, 1911a: Milewski, 1913b; Aubry, 1915; Boulenger, 1915a; Pellegrin, 1922b [listed], 1923b; Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion].

Haplochilus cameronensis Blgr. [misidentification; Blgr. = Boulenger]: Träber, 1911, 1912c.

Aphyosemion calliurus (Boulenger, 1911a) [incorrect Latin ending]: Myers, 1924b; Rachow, 1924b; Ladiges, 1934; Schultz, 1942.

Panchax flavus Ahl, 1924d: Scheel, 1968a, 1990; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Seegers, 1988a [as a synonym of A. calliurum].

Panchax unicolor Ahl, 1924d: Scheel, 1968a [referred to Aphyosemion, and proposed as a probable synonym of A. bivittatum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Seegers, 1988a [as a synonym of A. calliurum].

Panchax calliurus (Boulenger, 1911a): Ahl, 1924d,e [listed]; Meinken, 1930a.

Aphyosemion calliura (Boulenger, 1911a) [incorrect Latin ending]: Rachow, 1928.

Panchax oeseri [misidentification]: Brüning, 1929e; Seegers, 1988a.

Epiplatys flavus (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a; Lazara, 1984; Nunziata, 1984; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a [as a synonym of A. calliurum].

Panchax vexillifer Meinken, 1929e: Meinken, 1930a; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. calliurum], 1974f; Trewavas 1974; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion vexillifer (Meinken, 1929e): Myers, 1933a; Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Mayer, 1936; Stenholt Clausen, 1966b; Anderson, 1968; Scheel, 1968a, 1973b,c, 1990; Tirbak, 1970a; Foersch, 1971d; Maier, 1971b; Trewavas, Green, & Corbet, 1972; Davis [S.], 1978; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion calliurum (Boulenger, 1911a): Myers, 1933a; Rachow, 1933; Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Edwards, 1962; Hannerz, 1962; Daget & Iltis, 1965; Franz, 1966b, 1967; Scheel, 1966b,c, 1968a,d, 1971a,b, 1972b,e, 1973b,c, 1974d,f, 1975a,d,e,f, 1981d, 1986, 1990; Stenholt Clausen, 1966b, 1967; Stenholt Clausen & Scheel, 1966; Anonymous, 1968b; Lambert & Géry, 1968 [in part, according to Seegers (1988a)]; Radda, 1970d, 1971c,d,e, 1973b,h, 1974a,b,d, 1976b, 1977b,e,f,g,h, 1979; Tirbak, 1970a,b,d,e, 1971c; Trusso, 1970a; Foersch, 1971d; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Law, 1971; Anonymous, 1973; Goldstein, 1973b; LaCorte, 1973; Langton, 1973a, 1975a, 1976b; Trewavas, 1974; Wright, 1974; Ewing, 1975; Maier, 1975d,e, 1979a,b; Radda & Scheel, 1975b; Kottelat, 1976, 1977a; Huber, 1977a, 1978a; 1981a, 1998a,c; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977c; Davis [S.], 1978; Terceira, 1979c; Seegers, 1980a, 1988a; Kirpichnikov, 1981; Castro, 1982d; Morenski, 1982a; Anonymous, 1985; Gasior, 1986a; Stoecker, 1986; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Amiet, 1987; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Seegers, 1988a; Ferdenzi, 1989b; Lévêque, Paugy, & Teugels, 1991; Eberl, 1992b; Wildekamp, 1993a; Paugy, Traoré, & Diouf, 1994 [subgenus Aphyosemion]; Kadlec, 1997a [sympatric with Fundulopanchax fallax]; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Warner, 1998; Heller, 1999a; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Epiplatys unicolor (Ahl, 1924d): Daget & Iltis, 1965 [authors suggest further study].

Epiplatys flavis (Ahl, 1924d) [misspelling]: Daget & Iltis, 1965 [authors suggest further study].

Aphyosemion unicolor (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a [probable synonym of A. bivittatum], 1990.

Aphyosemion oeseri [misidentification]: Trewavas, Green, & Corbet, 1972; Corbet, Green, Griffith, & Betney, 1973; Trewavas, 1974 [in part A. calliurum, in part A. oeseri]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion (Aphyosemion) calliurum (Boulenger, 1911a): Romand, 1992.

Aphyosemion cameronense cameronense

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Aphyosemion cameronense cameronense (Boulenger, 1903).

Cameroon Banner Killifish

Boulenger, G. A. 1903. Descriptions of new freshwater fishes from southern Cameroon. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 12: 435-441. [description: p. 440]

Type locality: Kribi and Ja Rivers, southern Cameroon. [Dja River]

Subgenus: Mesoaphyosemion Radda, 1977.

Haplochilus cameronensis Boulenger, 1903a: Pellegrin,

1904a; 1907, 1911d, 1915 [listed], 1922b [listed], 1923b [in part], 1929 [listed]; Boulenger, 1908a, 1915a [in part, see Seegers (1988a)], 1920b [mention]; Rohrbach, 1917; Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion]; Seegers, 1988a [see synonymy of A. escherichi].

Aplocheilus cameronensis (Boulenger, 1903): Fowler, 1916.

Panchax bellicauda Ahl, 1924d: Holly, 1930 [as a synonym of Panchax cameronensis]; Scheel, 1968a,c [as a probable synonym of A. obscurum], 1969c; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion cameronensis (Boulenger, 1903) [incorrect Latin ending]: Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion]; Rachow, 1924b, 1928 (in part); Poll, 1941b; Thys van den Audenaerde, 1965, 1967 [In Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986, these Thys references appears in the synonymy of Aphyosemion oeseri]; Franz, 1967; Parenti, 1981; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Daget, 1988a; Seegers, 1988a.

Fundulus beauforti Ahl, 1924b: Ahl, 1926a; Holly, 1930; Scheel, 1968a [as a possible synonym of A. batesii]; Huber, 1977a [as a synonym of A. batesii], 1978a; Seegers, 1988a [as a synonym of A. cameronense]; Kelley, 1995b.

Panchax microstomus Ahl, 1924d: Holly, 1930 [as a synonym of Panchax cameronensis]; Scheel, 1968a; Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Panchax cameronensis (Boulenger, 1903): Ahl, 1924d,e; Holly, 1927a,b, 1930; Oeser, 1928; Norman, 1932; David & Poll, 1937 [in part]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion beauforti (Ahl, 1924): Myers, 1933a; Turner & Klee, 1962a; Radda, 1963 [in subgenus Fundulopanchax]; Scheel, 1968a [probable synonymy with A. batesii], 1990 [uncertain status]; Huber, 1977a [as a synonym of A. batesii], 1978a; Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Aphyosemion cameronense (Boulenger, 1903): Myers, 1933a; Meinken, 1950s (d) [excluding the Fernando Poo (= Bioko) population]; Poll, 1951a [in part, according to Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel (1986)]; Scheel, 1964a, 1968a,c,d, 1969c, 1971b,c, 1972b,e, 1973a,c, 1974a,b,d,f, 1975a,d,e, 1981d, 1986, 1990; Géry, 1965; Miton, 1966; Poernomo, 1967 [pseudobranch, fig. 3]; Stenholt Clausen, 1967; Lambert & Géry, 1968; Anonymous, 1969; Radda, 1970a, 1971d, 1973c [species complex], 1974c,d,g, 1975a, 1977a,b,c,e, 1978, 1979, 1980c; Tirbak, 1970a,c,d,e, 1971c; Foersch, 1971d; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Roman, 1971; Schrieken, 1971a; Langton, 1972a, 1973a,b, 1993a; Haefelin, 1973a; Mikkelsen, 1973a; Puerzl & Radda, 1973; Ricco, 1973; Feucht, 1974; Trewavas, 1974; Keller, 1975b; Haller, 1976; Lambert, 1976, 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1976, 1977a,b, 1983, 1987a [color photo]; Bochtler & Heinrich, 1977; Böhm, 1977d; Huber, 1977a,b, 1978a, 1980a,c,d, 1982a,b; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977d; Daget, 1978, 1979, 1984; Wildekamp, 1978g; Terceira, 1979c; Daget & Durand, 1981; Kirpichnikov, 1981; Parenti, 1981; Brosset, 1982; Vlamming, 1982b; Astbury, 1983b; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Amiet, 1987; Seegers, 1988a, 1997a; Eberl, 1992a,b, 1997c, 1997a [GWW 86/2, CGE 91/9 "YEN"], 1999a [color photo],b; Slusarczuk, 1992a; Teugels, Reid, & King, 1992 [incorrect Latin ending: -ensis]; Gasior, 1993b; Wildekamp, 1993a; Henglein, 1994; Paugy, Traoré, & Diouf, 1994 [subgenus Aphyosemion]; Brosset & Lachaise, 1995; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Costa, 1998f; Lütje, 1998; Rodriguez [A.C.], 1998, 1999 [LEC 93/3, 93/11, PEG 93/16, CSK 95/9]; Heller, 1999a [phenotype 2]; Kaempf, 1999; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion bellicauda (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a, 1990; Huber, 1978a [as a synonym of A. obscurum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion microstomum (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a, 1990; Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Aphyosemion striatum [misidentification]: Radda, 1970a; Seegers, 1988a; Wildekamp, 1993 [as a synonym of A. cameronense obscurum].

Aphyosemion species: Roman, 1971.

Aphyosemion cameronense haasi

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Aphyosemion cameronense haasi Radda & Pürzl, 1976.

Radda, A. C. and E. Pürzl. 1976. Der Aphyosemion cameronense-Komplex. Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal 8 (11): 131-144, 8 figs., table. [description: pp. 140-144, figs. 6-8 (map)]

Type locality: mountain brook about 27 km northwest of Zomoko, Amvené influx north of Lalara, northern Gabon.

Aphyosemion cameronense haasi Radda & Pürzl, 1976: Böhm, 1977d; Radda & Pürzl, 1977b; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977d; Huber, 1978a, 1980c; Radda, 1979; Terceira, 1979c; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Scheel, 1990; Wildekamp, 1993a.

Aphyosemion haasi Radda & Pürzl, 1976: Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1980d.

Aphyosemion caudofasciatum

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Aphyosemion caudofasciatum Huber & Radda, 1979.

Bar Tail Banner Killifish

Huber, J. H. and A. C. Radda. 1979. Die Ruvulinae des südlichen Kongo (Brazzaville). 2. Der Aphyosemion lujae-Komplex. Aquaria 26: 175-185, 12 figs., 3 tables. [description: pp. 178-180, 185, figs. 3,4, table 2]

Type locality: Ekouma River at the village of Ogôoué, northern Zanaga, Lékoumou, south Congo.

Aphyosemion caudofasciatum Huber & Radda, 1979: Hannink, 1980; Huber & Radda, 1980; Scheel, 1981c; Huber, 1982b, 1999a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Wildekamp, 1993a; Mackowiak, 1998.

Aphyosemion ogoense caudofasciatum Huber & Radda, 1979: Radda, 1980b,c, [designation as a subspecies]; Scheel, 1990; Schraedley, 1990; Newton, 1996 [Ogowe, Congo].

Aphyosemion species: Buytaert, 1981 [photo].

Aphyosemion celiae celiae

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Aphyosemion celiae celiae Scheel, 1971.

Scheel, J. J. 1971. Aphyosemion franzwerneri and Aphyosemion celiae, two new rivulins from Cameroon. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 19 (5) (January): 48-66, figs. [description: pp. 53, 55 (photo), 56-61]

Type locality: in a [spring] source and in an adjacent small brook, Mambanda, near Kumba, west Cameroon.

Aphyosemion celiae Scheel, 1971a: Goldstein, 1971d; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Scheel, 1971b, 1972b, 1973b,c, 1974a,f, 1975d,e, 1990; Tirbak, 1971c; Grady, 1972; Anonymous, 1973; Langton, 1973d, 1974a, 1975a, 1993b; Milgram, 1973a,c, 1993; Radda, 1973b,g, 1975a, 1977b,e; Huber, 1974a, 1999a; Trewavas, 1974; Kottelat, 1977a; Carr, 1978a; Wildekamp, 1978g; Terceira, 1981; Glascock, 1982b; Radda & Pürzl, 1982, 1987a [color photo]; Gasior, 1986a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Amiet, 1987; Davis [S.], 1987a; Wildekamp, 1993a; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion celiae winifredae

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Aphyosemion celiae winifredae Radda & Scheel, 1975.

Radda, A. C. and J. J. Scheel. 1975. Neue Formen der Gattung Aphyosemion Myers aus dem südlichen Kamerun. Das Aquarium 9 (69): 98-103, 5 figs., 8 photos.

Type locality: rainforest brook about 17 km north of the Kumba/Bekondo-Lake Soden crossroads, near New Butu, southwest Cameroon.

Aphyosemion celiae winifredae Radda & Scheel, 1975b: Langton, 1975a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Wildekamp, 1978g, 1993a; Gasior, 1986a; Scheel, 1990.

Aphyosemion chauchei

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Aphyosemion chauchei Huber & Scheel, 1981.

Huber, J. H. and J. J. Scheel. 1981. Revue systematique de la superespèce Aphyosemion elegans. Descriptions de A. chauchei et A. schioetzi n. sp. Revue française d'Aquariologie 8 (2): 33-42, figs., tables, map. [description: pp. 36-38, 40, 42, fig. 1, tables 1,2 (key)]

Type locality: 20 km east of Etoumbi toward Makoua, in a fast-running fully-forested brook, central Congo [Likona River drainage].

Aphyosemion chauchei Huber & Scheel, 1981: Huber, 1982b; Sharpe, 1982; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a; Vandersmissen, 1987 [Makoua, Congo]; Scheel, 1990; Wildekamp, 1993a; Conrad, 1999a.

Aphyosemion christyi

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Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915).

Boulenger, G. A. 1915. Catalog of the freshwater fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History) vol. 3. London. 526 pp., figs. [pp. 41, 46]

Type locality: Lindi River, Congo [Bafwasende on the Lindi River, north of Kisangani, northeastern Zaire].

Haplochilus christyi Boulenger, 1915a: Boulenger, 1920b; Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion]; Vinciguerra, 1928.

Haplochilus elegans [misidentification]: Nichols & Griscom, 1917; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Haplochilus schoutedeni Boulenger, 1920b: Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion]; Pellegrin, 1928c.

Aphyosemion castaneum Myers, 1924b: Myers, 1933a; Poll, 1951a [as a synonym of Aphyosemion schoutedeni]; Lambert, 1961a; Lambert & Géry, 1968; Scheel, 1968a [as a possible synonym], 1974h, 1986, 1990; Castro, 1976a; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda, 1977e; Parenti, 1981; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986.

Panchax christyi (Boulenger, 1915a): Ahl, 1924d,e; David & Poll, 1937.

Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915a): Myers, 1924b, 1933a; Poll, 1951a, 1952b, 1953b; Lambert, 1960, 1961a; Werner, 1962; Gosse, 1963, 1968; Poll & Gosse, 1963; Scheel, 1964a, 1968a [in part = A. schioetzi: Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel (1986)], 1971c, 1974g,h, 1975g, 1986, 1990; Stenholt Clausen & Scheel, 1966; Poernomo, 1967 [pseudobranch, fig. 3]; Stenholt Clausen, 1967; Anonymous, 1969; Cahalan, 1970a; Goldstein & Ricco, 1970; Anonymous, 1971; Clifford, 1971; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Tirbak, 1971a; Langton, 1972g, 1973a; Radda, 1974b, 1977e, 1980c; Ewing, 1975; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1982b; Huwald, 1977; Kottelat, 1977a; Hersh, 1978 [Kinshasa, Booue, Kisangani (?), Zaire]; Kadlec, 1980a; Huber & Scheel, 1981; Morenski, 1982a, 1984; Sharpe, 1982; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Stenglein, 1987b; Vandersmissen, 1987 [Kisangani, Zaire]; Daget, 1988a,b; Long, 1990; van der Zee, 1990; Wildekamp, 1993a; van der Zee & Wildekamp, 1994; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion schoutedeni (Boulenger, 1920): Myers, 1924b, 1933a; Poll, 1951a, 1952a,b, 1959a,b; Marlier, 1958; Lambert, 1961a; Lambert & Géry, 1968 [as a synonym of Aphyosemion christyi]; Scheel, 1968a [in part, A. schioetzi], 1972b, 1974h, 1975g, 1986, 1990 [as a synonym of A. decorsei]; Cahalan, 1970a; Anonymous, 1971; Clifford, 1971; Tirbak, 1971a; Langton, 1972g, 1973a; Mikkelsen, 1973a; Radda, 1975a, 1977e; Candelaria, 1976; Wildekamp, 1976; Huwald, 1977; Kottelat, 1977a; Seegers, 1979b; Kadlec, 1980a; Huber & Scheel, 1981; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Daget, 1988a,b; Wildekamp, 1993a; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes].

Haplochilus castaneus (Myers, 1924b): Pellegrin, 1930a.

Panchax schoutedeni (Boulenger, 1920): David & Poll, 1937.

Aphyosemion singa [misidentification]: Meder, 1952a; Meinken, 1952a; Mayer, 1953; Lambert, 1960 [as a synonym of A. schoutedeni through misidentification]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Epiplatys singa [misidentification]: Poll, 1952a, 1953b; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Aphyosemion elegans christyi (Boulenger, 1915a): Matthes, 1964.

Aphyosemion decorsei [misidentification]: Huber, 1980b; Huber & Scheel, 1981

Aphyosemion citrineipinnis

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Aphyosemion citrineipinnis Huber & Radda, 1977.

Yellowfin Banner Killifish

Huber, J. H. and A. C. Radda. 1977. Cyprinodontiden Studien in Gabun. IV. Das Du Chaillu-Massiv. Aquaria 24: 99-110, 10 figs., 5 tables, map. [description: pp. 104-105, 107-108, 110, figs. 6,9,10, table 4]

Type locality: fast-flowing mountain stream near Yéno, Mogambi, Ogoudou-Ogoulou subsystem of the Ngounié [central Gabon].

Aphyosemion citrineipinnis Huber & Radda, 1977: Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1980c,d, 1982a, 1994; Radda, 1977c,e, 1978, 1980a,c; Radda, Huber & Pürzl, 1978; Seegers, 1978; Terceira, 1981; Hannink, 1983; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Scheel, 1990; Wildekamp, 1993a; Feilzer, 1994; Gasior, 1994; Eberl, 1998b; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion coeleste

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Aphyosemion coeleste Huber & Radda, 1977.

Sky Blue Banner Killifish

Huber, J. H. and A. C. Radda. 1977. Cyprinodontiden Studien in Gabun. IV. Das Du Chaillu-Massiv. Aquaria 24: 99-110, 10 figs., 5 tables, map. [description: pp. 100-102, 108, figs. 3,4,10, table 1]

Type locality: brook near Mossango, 13 km northwest of Moanda along the highway to Lastoursville [central Gabon].

Aphyosemion coeleste Huber & Radda, 1977: Chauche & Huber, 1977; Huber, 1977a,c,d, 1978a, 1980a,c, 1981a, 1982b, 1994, 1999a; Radda, 1977c,e, 1978, 1980c,d; Radda, Huber, & Pürzl, 1978; Seegers, 1978, 1997a; Buytaert, 1979a,b, 1981 [photo; collection codes discussed]; Pürzl. & Wachters, 1979; Pürzl, 1981; Scheel, 1981b,d, 1990; Terceira, 1981; Hannink, 1983 [G-5, G-20, RPC-5, RPC-15, RPC-159, Malinga, Moanda, Gabon]; Radda & Pürzl, 1985b, 1987a [color photo]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Anonymous, 1987; Davis [S.], 1987a; De Waele, 1990 [RPC-5]; McLamb, 1990; Schraedley, 1991; Kray, 1992; Stau, 1992a [Malinga]; Wildekamp, 1993a; Feilzer, 1994; Gasior, 1994; McNett, 1997; Eberl, 1998b; Rodriguez [A.C.], 1998; Rodriguez [C.C.], 1998; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion cognatum

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Aphyosemion cognatum Meinken, 1951.

Meinken, H. L. 1951. VI. Aphyosemion cognatum, eine neue Zahnkarpfen aus dem Kongo-Gebiet. Die Aquarien und Terrarien Zeitschrift (DATZ) 4 (10): 255-257, fig.

Type locality: aquarium material from Leopoldsville, Kinshasa, western Zaire.

Aphyosemion cognatum Meinken, 1951: Meder, 1951; Poll, 1951a, 1952a,b,c, 1959a,b; Lambert, 1960; Klee, 1963a; Poll & Gosse, 1963; Scheel, 1964a, 1968a, 1972b,d, 1974a,g,h, 1975e,g, 1986, 1990; Friese, 1966b; Stenholt Clausen & Scheel, 1966; Poernomo, 1967 [pseudobranch, fig. 3]; Stenholt Clausen, 1967; Cahalan, 1970a; Tirbak, 1970a, 1971a; Anonymous, 1971; Clifford, 1971; Langton, 1972g, 1973a; Wourms, 1972b,c; Ajami, Cahalan, & Hoelter, 1974; Radda, 1975a, 1977e, 1980c; Castro, 1976a; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1982b; Kottelat, 1977a; Seegers, 1979b; Kadlec, 1980a; Huber & Scheel, 1981; Kirpichnikov, 1981; Leibel, 1982; Werner, 1983; Koran, 1986b; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Vandersmissen, 1987 [Kwambila, Zaire]; Daget, 1988a,b; Wildekamp, 1993a; van der Zee & Wildekamp, 1994; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion elegans [misidentification]: Boeseman, 1957; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Aphyosemion "decorsei" [misidentification]: Wood, 1976; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Aphyosemion congicum

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Aphyosemion congicum (Ahl, 1924).

Ahl, E. 1924. Über neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen der Gattung Panchax. Zoologischer Anzeiger 60 (3/4): 303-313. [description: p. 307]

Type locality: Congo. Aquarium material of unknown origin, but said to be found in brooks under forest cover between the Kwango and Gamba Rivers, east of Kinshasa, western Zaire, according to Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Panchax congicus Ahl, 1924d: Lambert & Géry, 1968 [as a synonym of A. christyi]; Scheel, 1968a; Parenti, 1981; Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Aphyosemion congicum (Ahl, 1924d): Poll, 1951a [as a synonym of A. christyi], 1952a,b; Scheel, 1968a, 1971c, 1974h, 1986, 1990; Berkenkamp, 1977c; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda, 1977e; Huber, 1978a; Woeltjes, 1983a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Wildekamp, 1993a; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes].

Aphyosemion C-U1: Tirbak, 1968.

Aphyosemion melanopteron Goldstein & Ricco, 1970: Foersch, 1971c; Lambert, 1971; Scheel, 1971c, 1972b,d, 1974h, 1975e,g, 1986, 1990; Tirbak, 1971a; Langton, 1973a; Mikkelsen, 1973a; Ricco, 1973; Radda, 1975a, 1977e, 1980c; Berkenkamp, 1977c; Huber, 1977a, 1978a; Kottelat, 1977a; Vermuelen, 1977 [probable synonym of A. congicum]; Labhart & Ziswiler, 1979; Seegers, 1979b, 1988a [as a synonym of A. congicum]; Kadlec, 1980a; Huber & Scheel, 1981 [as a synonym of A. labarrei]; Woeltjes, 1983a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986 [as a synonym of A. congicum]; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Daget, 1988a,b; Wildekamp, 1993a; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion cyanostictum

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Aphyosemion cyanostictum Lambert & Géry, 1968.

Bluespot Banner Killifish

Lambert, J. G. and J. Géry. 1968. Poissons du Bassin de l'Ivindo III- Le genre Aphyosemion. Biologia Gabonica 3 (4): 291-318, figs., map, key, plates. [Frontispiece of journal dated 1967 but a 1968 "dépôt légal," is indicated on the last page of vol. 3 no. 4. When the "dépôt légal" appears in a publication it is usually used to determine the date of publication.] [description: pp. 308-311, fig. 4]

Type locality: swamp in the village of Bélinga, Ivindo basin, Gabon, (01° 08' N, 13° 14' E).

Subgenus: Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977.

Aphyosemion cyanostictum Lambert & Géry, 1968: Anonymous, 1969; Hulme-Vickerstaff, 1973; Puerzl & Radda, 1973; Scheel, 1974a, 1975f,g, 1981a,c, 1990; Radda, 1975a, 1977c, 1980c; Terceira, 1975d; Huber, 1976, 1977a, 1978a,b, 1980a,c,d; Keller, 1976; Huber & Seegers, 1977, 1978; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Pürzl, 1977a, 1987a [color photo]; Jolly, 1978; Corigan, 1981; Wildekamp, 1981d; Astbury, 1983b; Lazara, 1984, 1987a; Hannink, 1985; Del Raso, 1987; Daget, 1988b; Higgins, 1988; Mackowiak, 1989; Anonymous, 1992e; Harper, 1993b; Wildekamp, 1993a; Nyman,

1997b [Makokou]; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Diapteron cyanostictum (Lambert & Géry, 1968): Seegers, 1980a,c, 1981; Brosset, 1982; Huber, 1982b; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Brosset & Lachaise, 1995; Kadlec, 1996.

Aphyosemion dargei

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Aphyosemion dargei Amiet, 1987.

Amiet, J. L. 1987. Faune du Cameroun. Fauna of Cameroon. Volume 2. Le genre Aphyosemion Myers. The genus Aphyosemion Myers (Pisces, Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes). Sciences Nat, Compiègne. 262 pp. [French text pp. 7-133; English text pp. 135-257, text figures, plates, distribution maps on unnumbered pages following the text] [There are two descriptions of A. dargei in Amiet (1987). The English description is on pp. 250-252; plate 14, illustrations 1-3 (color pattern); plate 31, map 34 (distribution); plate 67, figs. 123-126 (color photos).]

Type locality: Houe (Ngorro-Ngila track), Cameroon.

Subgenus: Kathetys Huber, 1977.

Aphyosemion species from Mbam, Cameroon: JAKA Staff, 1978; Berkenkamp, 1983a; Amiet, 1987.

Aphyosemion species Esse, Cameroon: Amiet, 1987.

Aphyosemion dargei Amiet, 1987: Scheel, 1990; Stau, 1992b [Mbam]; Wildekamp, 1993a; Warner, 1998; Eberl, 1999a.

Aphyosemion decorsei

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Aphyosemion decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904).

Pellegrin. J. 1904. Cyprinodontides nouveaux du Congo et de l'Oubanghi. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 10 (5): 221-223. [later called Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle] [description: p. 223]

Type locality: Bessou (Oubanghi), Bessou River, Central African Republic [Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel (1986)].

Haplochilus decorsei Pellegrin, 1904a: Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion]; Bertin & Estève, 1950 [syntypes].

Haplochilus decorsii Pellegrin, 1904a [misspelling]: Boulenger, 1911c, 1915a.

Panchax decorsii (Pellegrin, 1904a) [misspelling]: Ahl, 1924d,e.

Aphyosemion decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904a): Myers, 1924b; Scheel, 1968a, 1974h, 1986, 1990; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1982b, 1994; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda, 1977e; Huber & Scheel, 1981; Woeltjes, 1983a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Vandersmissen, 1987 [Yeakama and Kinshasa, Zaire]; Pinto, 1992 [RCA 82/3]; Wildekamp, 1993a; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion decorseii (Pellegrin, 1904a) [misspelling]: Huber, 1978a.

Epiplatys decorsii (Pellegrin, 1904a) [misspelling]: Poll, 1951a, 1952a.

Epiplatys decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904a): Gosse, 1968.

Aphyosemion edeanum

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion edeanum Amiet, 1987.

Amiet, J. L. 1987. Faune du Cameroun. Fauna of Cameroon. Volume 2. Le genre Aphyosemion Myers. The genus Aphyosemion Myers (Pisces, Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes). Sciences Nat, Compiègne. 262 pp. [French text pp. 7-133; English text pp. 135-257, text figures, plates with color photos, distribution maps on unnumbered pages following the text] [There are two descriptions of Aphyosemion edeanum in Amiet (1987). The English description is on pp. 223-226; plate 23, map 23 (distribution); plate 52, figs. 70-73; plate 53, fig. 74; plate 68, fig. 130.]

Type locality: Mapubi, about 35 km east of Edea, Cameroon.

Aphyosemion calliurum CAL-NN [misidentification]: Scheel, 1974a; Amiet, 1987.

Aphyosemion calliurum CAL-NS [misidentification]: Scheel, 1974a; Amiet, 1987.

Aphyosemion edeanum Amiet, 1987: Scheel, 1990; Eberl, 1992a,b; Slusarczuk, 1992a; Wildekamp, 1993a; Huber, 1998c.

Aphyosemion elberti elberti

March 08, 2010

Aphyosemion elberti elberti (Ahl, 1924).

Flametail Banner Killifish

Ahl, E. 1924. Über neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen der Gattung Panchax. Zoologischer Anzeiger 60 (3/4): 303-313. [description: pp. 309-310]

Type locality: Jade Plateau, Lebo River, east Cameroon. [present-day Central African Republic]

Subgenus: Kathetys Huber, 1977.

Panchax elberti Ahl, 1924d: Holly, 1930 [as a synonym of Panchax escherichi]; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. bualanum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Seegers, 1988a; Huber, 1998c.

Panchax tessmanni Ahl, 1924d: Holly, 1930; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Seegers, 1988a [types lost, perhaps as a synonym, in part, of A. elberti].

Haplochilus carnapi [misidentification]: Pellegrin, 1929 [listed]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986 [as a synonym of A. obscurum], 1990; Seegers, 1988a.

Panchax bualanus [misidentification]: Holly, 1930 [as a synonym of Panchax cameronensis].

Panchax cameronensis [misidentification]: Holly, 1930a; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986 [as a synonym of misidentified Aphyosemion bualanum].

Aphyosemion rubrifascium Stenholt Clausen, 1963: Stenholt Clausen, 1966b, 1967; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of misidentified Aphyosemion bualanum], 1974g; Huber, 1977a, 1978a; JAKA Staff, 1978; Daget, 1988b; Seegers, 1988a.

Epiplatys tessmanni (Ahl, 1924d): Blache, 1964; Miton, 1966; Seegers, 1988a; Lévêque, Paugy, & Teugels, 1991.

Aphyosemion bualanum [misidentification]: Franz, 1967 [Cameroon and Central African Republic]; Scheel, 1968a,d, 1972b,f, 1973a, 1974a,g, 1975d,e, 1986, 1990; Foersch, 1969b [N'dop and Bamkin, Cameroon]; Radda, 1970a, 1973b,g, 1977a,b, 1979; Tirbak, 1970c,d,e, 1971c; Schrieken, 1971a,b,c; Haefelin, 1973b,c; Langton, 1973a,b, 1993a, 1994a [N'tui, Cameroon]; Mikkelsen, 1973a; Ingersoll, 1975a; Radda & Scheel, 1975b; Kraus, 1976; Huber, 1977a, 1978a; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977e; JAKA Staff, 1978 [N'dop, Foumbot, Jakiri, Matapit, Bamenda, M'bam, Bamessi, N'tui, Cameroon]; Suffia, 1981; Woeltjes, 1981; Woeltjes & Pürzl, 1981; Glascock, 1982b [red T, N'tui]; Kenney, 1982 [Diang, N'tui, & red T, Cameroon, populations distributed with those names among aquarium hobbyists]; Radda & Pürzl, 1982, 1987a [color photo]; Hannink, 1983; Anonymous, 1985; Gartner, 1985 [Sanagha and Bénoué drainage, Logoue]; Koran, 1986b [M'bam, N'tui, Bafole, N'dop, Cameroon]; Lehman, 1986b, 1996a,b; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986 [Seegers (1986) not reflected in this account]; Amiet, 1987; Del Raso, 1987; Lazara, 1987b; Daget, 1988b; Lévêque, Paugy, & Teugels, 1991; Schraedley, 1991; Slusarczuk, 1992a; Stau, 1992b [N'tui; location 90/21]; Sutcliffe, 1992 [N'tui]; Eberl, 1997a, 1999a; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion elberti (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of misidentified A. bualanum], 1974g, 1990 [as a synonym of misidentified A. bualanum]; Seegers, 1988a; Wildekamp, 1993a; van der Zee & Wildekamp, 1994; Eberl, 1997a, 1999a; Nyman, 1997b [N'tui]; Hrbek & Larson, 1999 [N'tui].

Table 1. Populations A. elberti in Cameroon

Bafole	Jakiri
Bamenda	M'bam
Bamessi	Mambila
Bamkin	N'dokayo
Diang	N'dop
Faumbot	N'tui
Foumbam	Nanga-Iboko
Ibaikak	N'dekimeliki

Aphyosemion tessmanni (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of misidentified A. bualanum], 1974g, 1990; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion rubrifasciatum Stenholt Clausen, 1963

[misspelling of rubrifascium]: Haefelin, 1973b; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes].

Aphyosemion rubrofascium Stenholt Clausen, 1963 [misspelling]: Scheel, 1990.

Aphyosemion (Kathetys) bualanum [misidentification]: Romand, 1992; Paugy, Traoré, & Diouf, 1994.

Aphyosemion elberti kekemense

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion elberti kekemense Radda & Scheel, 1975.

Radda, A. C. and J. J. Scheel. 1975. Neue Formen der Gattung Aphyosemion Myers aus dem südlichen Kamerun. Das Aquarium 9 (69): 98-103, 5 figs., 8 photos. [description: pp. 98-100, figs. 1,2]

Type locality: Petit N'kam, a brook in the area of Kekem, 35 km north-northeast of N'kongsamba along the road to Bafoussan, Cameroon.

Subgenus: Kathetys Huber, 1977.

Aphyosemion bualanum kekemense Radda & Scheel, 1975b: Haller, 1975 [misspelled kekemensis]; Huber, 1977a, 1978a; Radda, 1977a, 1979; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977e; JAKA Staff, 1978; Seegers, 1980a; Radda & Pürzl, 1982; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Wildekamp, 1993 [as a synonym of A. elberti].

Aphyosemion kekemense Radda & Scheel, 1975b: Huber, 1977a, 1978a; JAKA Staff, 1978; Scheel, 1990 [valid species].

Aphyosemion elberti kekemense Radda & Scheel, 1975b: Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion elegans

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion elegans (Boulenger, 1899).

Boulenger, G. A. 1899. Poissons nouveaux du Congo. Cinquième partie. Cyprins, Silures, Cyprinodontes, Acanthoptéryiens. Annales du Musée du Congo Zoologie (1) 1 (5): 97-128, plates 40-47. [series 1 title: Matériaux pour la Faune du Congo; volume 1 title: Poissons nouveaux] [description: pp. 112 (key), 113 (description); plate 47, figs. 2,2a]

Type locality: Bikoro and Coquilhatville [= Mbandaka], Republic of Congo.

Haplochilus elegans Boulenger, 1899: Boulenger, 1901a, 1905, 1910b [in part = A. lujae, Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel (1986)], 1911a,b, 1915a; Stansch, 1909; Nichols & Griscom, 1917; Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986.

Panchax elegans (Boulenger, 1899): Ahl, 1924e; David & Poll, 1937.

Aphyosemion elegans (Boulenger, 1899): Myers, 1924b; Rachow, 1924b; Myers, 1933a; Poll, 1942 [listed], 1951a, 1952b, 1957; Marlier, 1958; Poll & Gosse, 1963; Matthes, 1964; Gosse, 1968; Scheel, 1968a,d, 1974a,h, 1975e,g, 1986, 1990; Foersch, 1971d; Tirbak, 1971a; Langton, 1973a; Mikkelsen, 1973a [NSC-5]; Radda, 1975a, 1977c,e, 1978, 1980c; Terceira, 1975d; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1979d, 1981a, 1994, 1999a; Komarek, 1977; Kottelat, 1977a; Seegers, 1979b, 1980a; Hannink, 1980; Hartig-Beecken, 1980a; Kadlec, 1980a; Huber & Scheel, 1981; Sharpe, 1982; Glascock, 1984a [Madimba]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel. 1986; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Vandersmissen, 1987 [Boende]; Daget, 1988a,b; van der Zee, 1990; Silva, 1991; Pinto, 1992; Wildekamp, 1993a; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Nyman, 1997b; Eberl, 1998b; Conrad, 1999a; Murphy & Collier, 1999 [Naoimda & Madimba, Zaire].

Aphyosemion escherichi

February 21, 2010

Aphyosemion escherichi (Ahl, 1924).

Ahl, E. 1924. Über neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen der Gattung Panchax. Zoologischer Anzeiger 60 (3/4): 303-313. [description: pp. 304-305]

Type locality: Attogondema, Nga River, Cameroon. [see

Seegers (1987b, 1988a) for a discussion of the type locality]

Haplochilus striatus [misidentification]: Boulenger, 1912b, 1915a [specimen #5 from Lundo according to Seegers (1988a)]; Pellegrin, 1930a; Seegers, 1987b, 1988a.

Haplochilus cameronensis [misidentification]: Arnold, 1913b; Boulenger, 1915a [in part: specimens 39-40, 41-42 from Cape Lopez, Gabon; 43-44 from Kwikenga, Manyanga, Congo, according to Seegers (1988a)]; Pellegrin, 1923b [in part], 1928c; Schermer, 1924c [part 6]; Seegers, 1987b, 1988a.

Aphyosemion cameronensis [misidentification, incorrect Latin ending]: Rachow, 1928 [in part]; Ladiges, 1934; Seegers, 1988a.

Panchax escherichi Ahl, 1924d: Holly, 1930; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. cameronense], 1974a; Wildekamp, 1976; Paepke & Seegers, 1986 [as a synonym of A. striatum]; Seegers, 1987b, 1988a; Huber, 1998c.

Aphyosemion cameronense [misidentification]: Rachow, 1933; Ladiges, 1934; Arnold & Ahl, 1936; Winkler, 1938; Poll, 1951a, 1952b; Seegers, 1979b, 1987b, 1988a.

Aphyosemion escherichi (Ahl, 1924): Ahl, 1936; Scheel, 1968a, 1973a,c, 1974a,b, 1990; Roloff, 1974a; Radda & Huber, 1976; Huber, 1977a,b [as a synonym of Aphyosemion striatum], 1980c, 1982a; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [as a synonym of A. striatum]; Seegers, 1987b, 1988a; Puerzl, 1994.

Panchax cameronensis [misidentification]: David & Poll, 1937 [in part]; Seegers, 1987b, 1988a.

Epiplatys striatus [misidentification]: Poll, 1951a [in part], 1952b; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion striatum [misidentification]: Lambert, 1960; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion striatum microphtalmum Lambert & Géry, 1968: Langton, 1973d; Scheel, 1974b.

Aphyosemion microphtalmum Lambert & Géry, 1968:

Radda, 1973c, 1974a,b,c,d, 1975a, 1977b,e, 1980c; Scheel. 1973c, 1975e,g, 1981c, 1990; Lambert, 1976, 1986; Wildekamp, 1976; Bochtler & Heinrich, 1977; Böhm, 1977d; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1980c [as a synonym of A. microphtalmum], 1981a, 1982a,b, 1998b,c, 1999b; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Huber, 1977; Buytaert, 1979a,b; Seegers, 1979a, 1987b, 1988a [as a synonym of A. escherichi]; Huber & Scheel, 1981; Pürzl, 1981; Radda & Pürzl, 1985a, 1987a [color photo]; Daget, 1988a; Legros, 1999.

Aphyosemion cf. microphtalmum: Radda, 1975a [plate 6]; Seegers, 1988a.

Aphyosemion simulans Radda & Huber, 1976: Bochtler & Heinrich, 1977; Böhm, 1977d, 1979b; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1980c,d, 1982a [as a synonym of A. microphtalmum]; Huber & Radda, 1977; Radda, 1977c,e, 1978; Radda & Huber, 1977b; Holler, 1978; Seegers, 1979a, 1987b, 1988a; Scheel, 1981c; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986 [as a synonym of A. microphtalmum].

Aphyosemion microphtalmum simulans Radda & Huber, 1976: Radda, 1980c [designation as a subspecies]; Radda & Pürzl, 1985a, 1987a; Seegers, 1987b, 1988a.

Aphyosemion escherichi microphtalmum Lambert & Géry, 1968: Seegers, 1987b.

[The species name microphtalmum is very commonly misspelled as micropht[h]almum, as is the case in many of the above references. The species name should have been spelled microphthalmum but it was not spelled that way in the original description by Lambert & Géry (1968) and the original spelling is what counts.]

Aphyosemion exigoideum

February 19, 2010

Aphyosemion exigoideum Radda & Huber, 1977.

Radda, A. C. and J. H. Huber. 1977. Cyprinodontiden-Studien in Gabun. V. Das Tiefland West-Gabuns und die Mayumbe-Berge. Aquaria 24: 137-150, 8 figs., 4 tables, map. [description: pp. 141-143, 149, fig. 2, table 3]

Type locality: small rainforest brook near Mandilou, Gabon.

Aphyosemion exigoideum Radda & Huber, 1977b: Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1980c,d, 1982a, 1999a; Radda, 1977c,e, 1978; Böhm, 1979a; Seegers & Wildekamp, 1979; Suffia, 1979, 1982b; Buytaert, 1981 [photo]; Scheel, 1981b,d, 1990; Butcher, 1982; Anonymous, 1987; Eberl & Passaro, 1998; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion exiguum

February 19, 2010

Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911).

Little Banner Killifish

Boulenger, G. A. 1911. Descriptions of new African cyprinodont fishes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 8: 260-268. [description: p. 265]

Type locality: Nyong River, southern Cameroon.

Subgenus: Kathetys Huber, 1977.

Haplochilus exiguus Boulenger, 1911a: Boulenger, 1915a; Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion].

Aphyosemion exiguus Boulenger, 1911a [incorrect Latin ending]: Myers, 1924b.

Panchax exiguus (Boulenger, 1911a): Ahl, 1924d,e; Holly, 1930; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Panchax jaundensis Ahl, 1924d: Holly, 1930; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. exiguum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Panchax loboanus Ahl, 1924d: Holly, 1930; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. exiguum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Panchax carnapi Ahl, 1924d: Holly, 1930 [as a synonym of Panchax cameronensis]; Scheel, 1968a,c [as a synonym of A. obscurum], 1969c, 1990; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a [as a synonym of A. exiguum].

Panchax preussi Ahl, 1924e: Holly, 1930 [as a synonym of Panchax cameronensis]; Scheel, 1968a,c [as a synonym of A. obscurum], 1969c; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a [as a synonym of A. exiguum].

Panchax (Aphyosemion) jacobi Ahl, 1928a: Holly, 1930; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. exiguum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Panchax (Aphyosemion) loloensis Ahl, 1928a: Holly, 1930; Bertin & Estève, 1950 [paratype]; Scheel, 1968a [as a synonym of A. exiguum]; Paepke & Seegers, 1986: Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a.

Panchax normani Ahl, 1928a: Holly, 1930 [as a synonym of Panchax cameronensis]; Scheel, 1968a,c [as a synonym of A. obscurum], 1969c; Paepke & Seegers, 1986 [as a synonym of A. cameronense]; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers, 1988a [as a synonym of A. exiguum].

Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911a): Myers, 1933a; Géry, 1965; Scheel, 1966c, 1968a,c,d, 1969c, 1972b,f, 1973a,c, 1974a,b,g, 1975d,e,f,g, 1986, 1990; Franz, 1967; Lambert & Géry, 1968; Anonymous, 1969; Radda, 1970a, 1977a,b,c,e, 1979, 1980c; Tirbak, 1970c,d,e, 1971c; Wiefel, 1970; Foersch, 1971d; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Roman, 1971; Langton, 1972a,b, 1973b, 1993a; Haefelin, 1973a,b,c; Mikkelsen, 1973a; Milgram, 1973c, 1993; Feucht, 1974; Ingersoll, 1975a; Radda & Scheel, 1975b; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1980c,d, 1982b; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977e; Daget, 1978; JAKA Staff, 1978 [Sangmelima]; Adamson, 1980; Parenti, 1981; Woeltjes & Pürzl, 1981; Castro, 1982d; Glascock, 1982b; Hoffman, 1986a; Amiet, 1987; Anonymous, 1987; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Eberl, 1992a,b, 1997a, 1999a; Henglein, 1994; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Vlaming, 1997; Murphy & Collier, 1999.

Aphyosemion carnapi (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a [synonymy with A. obscurum], 1974g; Paepke & Seegers, 1986.

Aphyosemion preussi (Ahl, 1924e): Scheel, 1968a,c [synonymy with A. obscurum], 1990.

Epiplatys normani (Ahl, 1928a): Myers, 1933a.

Aphyosemion normani (Ahl, 1928a): Scheel, 1968a,c [synonymy with A. obscurum], 1990; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Seegers 1988a [synonym of A. exiguum].

Aphyosemion jaundense (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a [synonymy with A. exiguum], 1974g, 1990.

Aphyosemion loboanum (Ahl, 1924d): Scheel, 1968a [synonymy with A. exiguum], 1974g, 1990.

Aphyosemion jacobi Ahl, 1928a: Scheel, 1968a [synonymy with A. exiguum], 1974g, 1990.

Aphyosemion loloense Ahl, 1928a: Scheel, 1968a [synonymy with A. exiguum], 1974g, 1990.

Aphyosemion (Kathetys) exiguum (Boulenger, 1911a): Huber, 1980a [subgenus described].

Aphyosemion ferranti

February 19, 2010

Aphyosemion ferranti (Boulenger, 1910).

Boulenger, G. A. 1910. Poisson cyprinodonte nouveau du Bas-Congo. Bulletins Mensuels, Société des Naturalistes luxembourgeois (Monats-Berichte, Gesellschaft der Luxemburger Naturfreunde) n.s. 4: 285. [n.s. = nouvelle série = new series]

Type locality: small forest brook near Kondoué [southern Zaire].

Haplochilus ferranti Boulenger, 1910b: Boulenger, 1911b,c, 1915a; Myers, 1924b [assigned to Aphyosemion].

Panchax ferranti (Boulenger, 1910b): Ahl, 1924e; David & Poll, 1937.

Aphyosemion ferranti (Boulenger, 1910b): Myers, 1924b, 1933a; Poll 1951a, 1952a,b; Poll & Gosse, 1963; Scheel, 1968a, 1990; Lambert, 1976; Wildekamp, 1976; Huber, 1977a, 1978a, 1981a; Radda, 1977e; Seegers, 1979b; Huber & Scheel, 1981; Woeltjes, 1983a; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a.

Aphyosemion franzwerneri

February 19, 2010

Aphyosemion franzwerneri Scheel, 1971.

Scheel, J. J. 1971. Aphyosemion franzwerneri and Aphyosemion celiae, two new rivulins from Cameroon. Tropical Fish Hobbyist 19 (5) (January): 48-66, photos. [description: pp. 61-66, photo]

Type locality: small spring, 15 km north of the road junction: Douala-Edea-Yabassi, towards Yabassi of east Cameroon.

Aphyosemion franzwerneri Scheel, 1971a: Goldstein,

1971d; Gyldenholm & Scheel, 1971 [chromosome numbers]; Tirbak, 1971c; Radda, 1972a, 1974a, 1975a, 1976b, 1977a,b,d,e, 1979; Scheel, 1972b,e, 1973a,b,c, 1974a,d, 1975d,e, 1990; Langton, 1975a; Radda & Scheel, 1975b; Huber, 1977a, 1978a; Kottelat, 1977a; Radda & Wildekamp, 1977c; Heinemann & Siedentop, 1980; Amiet, 1987; Radda & Pürzl, 1987a [color photo]; Eberl, 1992a,b; Henglein, 1994; Passaro & Eberl, 1996; Lévêque, 1997 [karyotypes]; Heller, 1999a.

Aphyosemion fulgens

February 19, 2010

Aphyosemion fulgens Radda, 1975.

Type locality: rainforest brook near Essenkelle, 52 km west of Makokou, Gabon.

Subgenus: Diapteron Huber & Seegers, 1977.

Aphyosemion georgiae subspecies: Puerzl & Radda, 1973.

Aphyosemion georgiae fulgens Radda, 1975a.

Aphyosemion fulgens Radda, 1975: Huber, 1976, 1977a,b, 1978a,b, 1980a,c,d; Huber & Seegers, 1977; Radda, 1977c; Radda & Pürzl, 1977a, 1987a [color photo], 1978; Lenz, 1980; Carr, 1981; Scheel, 1981a,c, 1990; Wildekamp, 1981d; Astbury, 1983b; Lazara, 1984, 1987a; Hannink, 1985; Del Raso, 1987; Daget, 1988b; Higgins, 1988; De Waele, 1990; Gasior, 1991; Anonymous, 1992e; Harper, 1993b.

Diapteron fulgens (Radda, 1975): Seegers, 1980a,c, 1981; Brosset, 1982; Wildekamp, Romand, & Scheel, 1986; Lazara, 1987a; Brosset & Lachaise, 1995; Eberl, 1999b.

Aphyosemion (Diapteron) fulgens Radda, 1975: Huber, 1980a,b; Tanaka, 1998 [color photo].