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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Eponymy: Alain Guignard is a French aquarist belonging to the Killiclub de France, Paris. He made several collecting trips to Africa, including one where he helped collect the type of the eponymous species. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Taxonomic Remarks
The species Aphyosemion nigrifluvi Romand, 1982 is considered valid in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Mar. 2012: Ref. 89686). It is treated here a synonym of Scriptaphyosemion guignardi (Romand, 1981) following Wildekamp (1993: Ref. 47461) and Wildekamp & van der Zee (2003: Ref. 57261).
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; pH range: 7.0 - ?; non migrateur. Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)
Africa: Konkouré, Kolenté, Corubal (Ref. 7372) and Little Scarcies (Ref. 3033) in Guinea, Gambia River in Senegal (Ref. 47461) and Bani River in Mali (Ref. 57261).
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27139)
It inhabits quiet brooks, swamps and weedy parts of small streams (Ref. 3788). It is not a seasonal killifish and difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
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)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; Aquarium: Commercial
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5001 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00401 - 0.01369), b=3.12 (2.96 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.2 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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