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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cyprinodontiformes
(Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Nothobranchiidae
(African rivulines)
Etymology:
Fundulopanchax:
Latin, fundus = bottom; a peculiar name for a topminnow, coined for a bottom species of Atlantic coast being "the abode of the fundulus mudfish" + Greek, soma = body
.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Maturity: L
m
 
?
  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref.
27139
)
Occurs in temporary pools, raphia swamps and swampy parts of slow flowing brooks in the swampy rainforest (Ref.
3788
). Bottom spawner, X months incubation. Very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref.
27139
).
Life cycle and mating behavior
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Reproduction
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Eggs
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Larvae
Huber, J.H.
, 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref.
27139
)
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804
): PD
50
= 0.5000 [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
): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153
): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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