Fundulopanchax gardneri
Fundulopanchax gardneri (Boulenger, 1911)
Blue lyretail
Fundulopanchax gardneri
photo by Zabawski, A.


Deprecated: strlen(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /var/www/html/FieldGuide/FieldGuideSummary.php on line 600

Deprecated: strlen(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /var/www/html/FieldGuide/FieldGuideSummary.php on line 616
Family:  Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Max. size:  6.5 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 6 - 7.2; dH range: 5 - 8, non-migratory
Distribution:  Africa: Cross River and the lower part of the Beno.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Occurs in brooks, swamps, polls and streams in the humid forested and highland savanna and rainforest (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish. Bottom spawner, 1 month incubation (Ref. 27139). Aquarium keeping: minimum aquarium size 60 cm (Ref. 51539).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 05 September 2019 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


Source and more info: www.fishbase.org. For personal, classroom, and other internal use only. Not for publication.