A.boehmi Photo: Courtesy of Lennie MacKowiak
Meaning of Name |
After Otto Böhm an Austrian aquarist. | ||||||
First Description |
Radda A.C. & Huber J.H. 1977. Cyprinodontiden Studien in Gabun 5, Das Tiefland West-Gabuns und die Mayumbe-Berge. Aquaria 24: 145-147, figure 4-5. | ||||||
Size |
5 cm | ||||||
Meristics |
D = 11, A = 14, D/A = +6, ll = 28-29( +2) (Radda & Huber 1977) | ||||||
Karyotype |
n = 18, A = 32 (Scheel 1981) | ||||||
Sub-Genus |
Mesoaphyosemion | ||||||
Group |
striatum | ||||||
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Populations
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Type Locality |
Collected by Bochtler in 1976 - Stream between Bigouema & Mora, 3okm south of Lambarené. | ||||||
Distribution |
Restricted to the Congo Inland Plateau in the Diala drainage of western Gabon in the N'goume River drainage system. | ||||||
Habitat |
Coastal rainforest streams & swampy brooks. Sympatric sp. include Aphyosemion ogoense; A.pyrophore; A.caudofasciatum; A.thysi. Found at locations RPC 206 & 207, JH 212. | ||||||
Distinguishing Characteristics | Originally
described apart from A.gabunense by
the distinctive assymetrical pattern of the caudal fin. Also by the black
marginal bands & yellow sub marginal bands. Distinguished from A.gabunense by the yellow outer margin in the lower caudal fin. Some photos do show a feint red line on the outer margin. |
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Colour/Pattern Variability | Low. | ||||||
History |
Discovered by Bochtler & Gaspers in January 1976 in a stream on the road between Bigouema & Mora at an altitude of 45 metres. When this sp. was first distributed in the USA they were called A.gabunense Gold. | ||||||
Breeding Notes |
Typical mop spawner which can prove difficult if conditions are not to the breeders liking. Egg incubation takes 12-14 days. Some breeders store eggs in very damp peat fibre in plastic bags & store them for 12 days before wetting. Sexual maturity is attained at around 5-6 months. Geoff Besbrode
in BKA newsletter No.245, January 1986 reported breeding them at pH 6·4-6·8,
DH 4-6, temperature 21-23° C. Eggs incubated in water took 16 days to hatch. Fish that I had were very reluctant to lay eggs in my tap water of DH 10. A BKA I/P from 1977 reported water conditions not critical up to DH 9. | ||||||
Diameter of Egg | 0.9 mm | ||||||
Remarks |
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