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Asia: India and Sri Lanka. Often misidentified as
Aplocheilus panchax
or as
Aplocheilus blockii
.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
41236
); common length : 4.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
41236
)
Inhabits sheltered fresh and brackish water tanks, small streams and rivulets overgrown with vegetation (Ref.
41236
). Valuable for mosquito control (Ref.
6028
). Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref.
27139
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity
|
Reproduction
|
Spawning
|
Eggs
|
Fecundity
|
Larvae
Seegers, L.
, 1997. Killifishes of the world: Old world killis II: (
Aplocheilus
,
Epiplatys
,
Nothobranchius
). Aqualog, Verlag: A.C.S. Gmbh, Germany. 112 p. (Ref.
31272
)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5079 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245
).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278
): 3.5 ±0.45 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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