Meaning
of Name | After
the area of first collection - Mount Nimba. ensis
= to come from. |
First
Description |
Daget J. 1948. Haplochilichthys
nimbaensis.
La Collection de Poissons d'eau douce de l'I.F.A.N.
Catalogue I.F.A.N. , Dakar 3: 40, pages 1-14,
figure 13
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Size |
4·5 cm (male) Huber, Killi-Data. |
Meristics |
- D = 10-13, A = 16-18, ll = 25-27 (Daget 1948)
- D = 10-11, A = 17-18, ll = 23-24 (Radda &
Pürl 1987)
- D = 10·4, A = 16·8, D/A = 5·4,
ll = 23·6 (Huber, Killi-Data
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Karyotype |
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Sub-Genus |
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Group |
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Synonyms |
- Haplochilichthys nimbaensis
Daget 1948
- Aplocheilichthys nimbaensis
Lambert 1958
- Micropanchax nimbaensis
Huber 1981
- Aplocheilus macrurus
(non Boulenger 1904) Daget 1954
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Populations
| - 20
km north of Buchanan, Liberia. This site recorded as code RL
86. Collected by Etzel & Pütz in 1982.
- Cassielidayi
River, Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1957.
- Diougou
River, Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1957.
- Fautah,
19 km in the direction of Salayea, northern Liberia. This collection by Etzel
& Pütz in 1982 known as RL
110.
- Gâ, Mount Nimba, eastern
Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1948.
- Gouin
River, Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected
by Lamotte in 1957.
- Seredou, Diana
River, Saint Paul basin, eastern Guinee. Collected by Pujol in 1959.
- Close
to Yreah, 20 km north of Tapeta, central Liberia. Collected by Etzel &
Butz (?) in 1978.
- Zié River,
Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1957.
See
Killi-Data for more precise
data. |
Type
Locality | Mount
Nimba, Gâ (Cavally), Guinee. This location is reported as being 1100 - 1250
metres altitude. |
Distribution |
Well distributed in Liberia, Guinee & Ivory Coast. |
Habitat |
In relict areas of highland primary forest surrounding
the area of Mount Nimba. Biotope is streams with clear, fast running water
over a sand base. Depth recorded at 30 cm. Water temperature 18-26°C. They
are found in mid-water areas in shoals. Replaced to the east by Rhex.schioetzi
& west by Rhex.lamberti. Sympatric
sp. include Arch.maeseni, E.coccinatus,
E.olbrechtsi azurus & Script.liberiense. |
Distinguishing
Characteristics | A
deep bodied sp. |
Colour/Pattern
Variability | |
History |
Discovered by Lamotte. |
Breeding
Notes | In
the wild they lay eggs on aquatic vegetation & over hanging root systems from
terrestrial vegetation. Killi-Data
records best breeding results in shoals over a sand base in direct light. Water
incubation for 2 weeks. Newly hatched fry are reported to cling to the waters
surface. First food, newly hatched brine shrimp. I would consider the smaller
sp. of shrimp (San Francisco) to be best considered. Sexual maturity in 16
weeks with full maturity in 7 months. Recorded life expectancy in captivity 3
years. |
Diameter
of Egg | |
Remarks |
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