Micropanchax keilhacki (Ahl 1928)
Meaning of Name |
After Dr. Keilhack. |
First Description |
Aplocheilichthys keilhacki Ahl, E. 1928. Beiträge zur Systematik der africanischen Zahnkarpfen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 79 (3-4): 114, figure 1. |
Size |
25mm (males). Ahl reported maximum size in males at 27mm. Females are smaller. |
Meristics |
D = 6, A = 12-14, D/A = 7, ll = 22-24. |
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Type Locality |
Djeta ( then known as Dje Ta ), southeast Togo. |
Distribution |
Restricted to the area of the type locality southeast Togo near to the border with Benin. |
Habitat |
The type locality is considered
to be brackish. Sympatric sp. A.bitaeniatum. |
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History |
Discovered by Dr. Keilhack. Collected later by Heinz Brachet in 1979 near Agamé & P.Bousseau near Anécho on the Mono River. |
Breeding Notes |
Although this sp. has been reported as being brought back from Togo no accounts are available regards breeding. Most likely it would follow the pattern typical of west African lamp eyes. The addition of salt could prove useful. |
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