Aphyosemion lamberti Radda & Huber 1977
A.lamberti TDK
97 / 19 - 300 meters south of Mkoumbi
Photo courtesy
of Peter Tirbak
Meaning of Name |
After Jaques Lambert (Belgian) & André Lambert (French). |
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First Description |
Radda A.C. & Huber J.H. 1977. Cyprinodontiden Studien in Gabon III, Zentral und Südost Gabun. Aquaria 24: 61-64, figures 4-5, map. |
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Size |
4.5 cm |
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Meristics |
D = 9-10, A = 13-14, D/A = +8-9, ll = 27-29(+1-3) (Radda & Huber 1977) |
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Karyotype |
n = 18, A = 24 (Huber & Scheel 1981) |
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Sub-Genus |
Aphyosemion |
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Group |
elegans |
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Synonyms |
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Populations
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Abouni - K 00 was a commercial
collection by Koubeck in Gabon. He made collections from 1998 - 2001.
Imported at least into South Africa.
BBA - GAB 90 / 1 - Dave Armitage, Allan & Barbara Brown's collection from 1990.
BSWG 97 / 9 -
GHH 97 / 11 -
GHP 80 / 5 -
Okondja -
Region des Abeiles -
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Type Locality |
A brook close to the Ogowe River along the road to Achouka, west of Booué. |
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Distribution |
The middle & upper regions of the Ogowe River drainage system in central & eastern Gabon. This species represents the northwest boundary of the elegans group. |
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Habitat |
Small forested streams & brooks. Biotope at Abeilles near Lastoursville, Gabon, collecting place of A. lamberti. Photo: Courtesy of Ed Pürzl. |
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Distinguishing Characteristics | |||||||||||||
Colour/Pattern Variability | Fairly high | ||||||||||||
History |
Reported by J.Lambert & J.Gery in 1967 near
Booué, central Gabon. Radda & Huber described the species
in 1977 from material collected by Bochtler & Gaspers west of Booué
in January 1976. Also collected were paratypes from Lekoko (G76/16),
Région des Abeilles, 136 km northwest of Lastoursville (G76/10)
& 6 km southwest of Lastoursville. |
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Breeding Notes |
An easy species to breed in typical mop spawning
setups. I have water incubated & laid them on wet peat with equal
success. Incubation in water takes about 16-21 days whilst those on
wet peat should be left a few days longer. I fed the newly hatched fry
on infusoria for a couple of days before feeding newly hatched brine
shrimp. |
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Diameter of Egg | |||||||||||||
Remarks |
This sp. never seems to be very popular (in the
BKA at least), & never attracts high prices at auctions. Perhaps
there lack of striking colouration & the fact they are slow to growing
turns people away. |