page_title: Aphyosemion
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Aphyosemion / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Aphyosemion australe (wild type), male. Français&#160;: Aphyosemion australe (type sauvage), mâle.
context_page_description: Aphyosemion is a genus of African rivulines endemic as the name indicates to Africa. Many of these species are popular aquarium fish.
context_section_description: There are currently 100 recognized species in this genus:
  Aphyosemion abacinum Huber, 1976
  Aphyosemion ahli G. S. Myers, 1933
  Aphyosemion alpha Huber, 1998
  Aphyosemion amoenum Radda & Pürzl, 1976 (Red-finned killifish)
  Aphyosemion aureum Radda, 1980 (Golden killifish)
  Aphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921) (Lyre-tail killifish)
  Aphyosemion bamilekorum Radda, 1971 (Bamileke killifish)
  Aphyosemion batesii (Boulenger, 1911) (Bates' killifish)
  Aphyosemion bitaeniatum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Two-striped killifish)
  Aphyosemion bitteri Valdesalici & Eberl, 2016 
  Aphyosemion bivittatum (Lönnberg, 1895) (Two-stripe lyretail)
  Aphyosemion bualanum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924)
  Aphyosemion buytaerti Radda & Huber, 1978
  Aphyosemion callipteron (Radda & Pürzl, 1987)
  Aphyosemion calliurum (Boulenger, 1911) (Banner lyretail)
  Aphyosemion cameronense (Boulenger, 1903) (Cameroon killifish)
  Aphyosemion campomaanense Agnèse, Brummett, Caminade, Catalan & Kornobis, 2009
  Aphyosemion castaneum G. S. Myers, 1924
  Aphyosemion caudofasciatum Huber & Radda, 1979 (Caudal-stripe killifish)
  Aphyosemion celiae Scheel, 1971
  Aphyosemion chauchei Huber & Scheel, 1981
  Aphyosemion christyi (Boulenger, 1915) (Christy's lyretail)
  Aphyosemion citrineipinnis Huber & Radda, 1977
  Aphyosemion coeleste Huber & Radda, 1977 (Sky-blue killifish)
  Aphyosemion cognatum Meinken, 1951 (Red-spot killifish)
  Aphyosemion congicum (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Congo killifish)
  Aphyosemion cyanostictum J. G. Lambert & Géry, 1968 (Gabon jewel killifish)
  Aphyosemion dargei Amiet, 1987 (M'bam killifish)
  Aphyosemion decorsei (Pellegrin, 1904)
  Aphyosemion ecucuense (Sonnenberg, 2008)
  Aphyosemion edeanum Amiet, 1987 (Edea killifish)
  Aphyosemion elberti (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Red-barred killifish)
  Aphyosemion elegans (Boulenger, 1899) (Elegant killifish)
  Aphyosemion erythron (Sonnenberg, 2008)
  Aphyosemion escherichi (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) (Escherich's killifish)
  Aphyosemion etsamense Sonnenberg & T. Blum, 2005
  Aphyosemion exigoideum Radda & Huber, 1977 (False jewel killifish)
  Aphyosemion exiguum (Boulenger, 1911) (Jewel killifish)
  Aphyosemion fellmanni van der Zee & Sonnenberg, 2018
  Aphyosemion ferranti (Boulenger, 1910)
  Aphyosemion franzwerneri Scheel, 1971 (Goby killifish)
  Aphyosemion fulgens Radda, 1975
  Aphyosemion gabunense Radda, 1975 (Gabon killifish)
  Aphyosemion georgiae J. G. Lambert & Géry, 1968
  Aphyosemion grelli Valdesalici & Eberl, 2013 
  Aphyosemion hanneloreae Radda & Pürzl, 1985 (Hannelore's killifish)
  Aphyosemion heinemanni Berkenkamp, 1983 (Heinemann's killifish)
  Aphyosemion hera Huber, 1998
  Aphyosemion herzogi Radda, 1975 (Herzog's killifish)
  Aphyosemion hofmanni Radda, 1980 (Hofmann's killifish)
  Aphyosemion jeanhuberi Valdesalici & Eberl, 2015 
  Aphyosemion joergenscheeli Huber & Radda, 1977
  Aphyosemion kouamense Legros, 1999
  Aphyosemion koungueense (Sonnenberg, 2007)
  Aphyosemion labarrei Poll, 1951
  Aphyosemion lamberti Radda & Huber, 1977
  Aphyosemion lefiniense Woeltjes, 1984
  Aphyosemion lividum Legros & Zentz, 2007
  Aphyosemion loennbergii (Boulenger, 1903)
  Aphyosemion louessense (Pellegrin, 1931) 
  Aphyosemion lugens Amiet, 1991
  Aphyosemion lujae (Boulenger, 1911)
  Aphyosemion maculatum Radda & Pürzl, 1977
  Aphyosemion malumbresi Legros & Zentz, 2006
  Aphyosemion melanogaster (Legros, Zentz & Agnèse, 2005)
  Aphyosemion melinoeides (Sonnenberg, 2007)
  Aphyosemion mengilai Valdesalici & Eberl, 2014 
  Aphyosemion mimbon Huber, 1977
  Aphyosemion musafirii van der Zee & Sonnenberg, 2011
  Aphyosemion ocellatum Huber & Radda, 1977
  Aphyosemion ogoense (Pellegrin, 1930)
  Aphyosemion omega (Sonnenberg, 2007)
  Aphyosemion pamaense Agnèse, Legros, Cazaux & Estivals, 2013 
  Aphyosemion pascheni (C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
  Aphyosemion passaroi Huber, 1994
  Aphyosemion plagitaenium Huber, 2004
  Aphyosemion poliaki Amiet, 1991
  Aphyosemion polli Radda & Pürzl, 1987
  Aphyosemion primigenium Radda & Huber, 1977
  Aphyosemion pseudoelegans Sonnenberg & van der Zee, 2012 
  Aphyosemion punctatum Radda & Pürzl, 1977
  Aphyosemion punctulatum (Legros, Zentz & Agnèse, 2005)
  Aphyosemion raddai Scheel, 1975
  Aphyosemion rectogoense Radda & Huber,
caption: Aphyosemion australe, wild type, male
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