Scriptaphyosemion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Scriptaphyosemion
Radda & Pürzl, 1987
Type species
Aphyosemion guineense geryi
J. G. Lambert, 1958

Scriptaphyosemion is a genus of killifish from the family Nothobranchiidae which is endemic to Africa.

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Scriptaphyosemion banforense (Seegers, 1982)
  • Scriptaphyosemion bertholdi (Roloff, 1965) (Berthold's killi)
  • Scriptaphyosemion brueningi (Roloff, 1971) (Bruening's killi)
  • Scriptaphyosemion cauveti (Romand & Ozouf-Costaz, 1995) (Kindia killi)
  • Scriptaphyosemion chaytori (Roloff, 1971)
  • Scriptaphyosemion etzeli (Berkenkamp, 1979)
  • Scriptaphyosemion fredrodi (Vandersmisson, Etzel & Berkenkamp, 1980)
  • Scriptaphyosemion geryi (J. G. Lambert, 1958) (Gérys killi)
  • Scriptaphyosemion guignardi (Romand, 1981)
  • Scriptaphyosemion liberiense (Boulenger, 1908)
  • Scriptaphyosemion roloffi (Roloff, 1936)
  • Scriptaphyosemion schmitti (Romand, 1979)
  • Scriptaphyosemion wieseae Sonnenberg & Busch, 2012[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Scriptaphyosemion in FishBase. August 2012 version.
  2. 1 2 Sonnenberg, R. & Busch, E. (2012): Description of Scriptaphyosemion wieseae (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from northern Sierra Leone. Bonn zoological Bulletin, 61 (1): 13–28.


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