Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.2. Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 31267)
Africa: Lake Rukwa, Malagarazi and Lake Victoria basin in Tanzania (Ref. 27292). Also in Middle Akagera system in Rwanda (Ref. 46152), Malagarazi system in Burundi (Ref. 98755) and in Uganda (Ref. 31267).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27292)
Found in quite shallow water between flooded grasses in the Lake Rukwa drainage (Ref. 27292).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Seegers, L., 1997. Killifishes of the world: Old world killis I: (Aphyosemion, lampeyes, ricefishes). Aqualog, Verlag: A.C.S. Gmbh, Germany. 160 p. (Ref. 31267)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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