Blue Lyretail

Taxobox | name = Blue Lyretail
status = LC

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Fundulopanchax gardneri, adult male
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cyprinodontiformes
familia = Aplocheilidae
genus = "Fundulopanchax"
species = "F. gardneri"
subspecies = "F. g. lacustris" "F. g. mamfensis" "F. g. nigerianus"
binomial = "Fundulopanchax gardneri"
binomial_authority = (Boulenger, 1911)
synonyms = "Aphyosemion brucii" (Boulenger, 1911) "Aphyosemion gardneri" (Boulenger, 1911) "Fundulus gardneri" (Boulenger, 1911) "Aphyosemion brucei" (Boulenger, 1911) "Haplochilus brucii" (Boulenger, 1911) "Aphyosemion calliurum" (non Boulenger, 1911) "Aphyosemion calliurum ahli" (non Myers, 1933) "Aphyosemion gardneri nigerianum" (non Clausen, 1933) "Aphyosemion nigerianum" (non Clausen, 1933) "Aphyosemion gardneri obuduense" (non Wright & Jeremy, 1974) "Aphyosemion obuduense" (non Wright & Jeremy, 1974) "Aphyosemion claudeni" Scheel, 1975 "Aphyosemion gardneri claudeni" Scheel, 1975 "Aphyosemion meridionale" Kottelat, 1976

Blue Lyretail ("Fundulopanchax gardneri"), also known as Steel-blue Aphyosemion and Gardner's Killi. It is a species of killifish that inhabits the tributary streams and marshes of the Benue and Cross River basins of Nigeria. It occurs in both savanna and forested regions. Like the Lyretail Panchax (Aphyosemion australe), it has become a popular species in aquariums. Breeding pairs of the Blue Lyretail most often lay their eggs over the bottom, but occasionally also among the roots of free-floating aquatic plants. Pairs stay close for some time, with just a few eggs being produced each day.

ee also

*List of freshwater aquarium fish species

References

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*UNEP-WCMC Protected Areas Programme – Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
*FishBase_species_alt|ID=9739|taxon=Fundulopanchax gardneri gardneri|year=2007|month=May
*FishBase_species_alt|ID=56565|taxon=Fundulopanchax gardneri lacustris|year=2007|month=May
*FishBase_species_alt|ID=56567|taxon=Fundulopanchax gardneri mamfensis|year=2007|month=May
*FishBase_species_alt|ID=53747|taxon=Fundulopanchax gardneri nigerianus|year=2007|month=May