Aphyosemion teugelsi Jouke R. Van Der Zee & Rainer Sonnenberg 2010

Photo courtesy of Jouke van Der Zee

Meaning of Name

After Guy Teugels (Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium)
First Description

Jouke R. Van Der Zee& Rainer Sonnenberg 2010

Aphyosemion teugelsi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from a remote locality in the southern
Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zootaxa 2724: 58–68 (2010)
Size

Holotype - Male - 24·2mm Standard Length.
Paratypes - 3 females from 16·5–19·5 mm SL, and 1 male, 20·3 mm SL.
Meristics D=10-13, A=14-15, D/A=6/8, ll=28-29.
Karyotype

 
Sub-Genus

Aphyosemion
Group

Synonyms None

Populations

  • Lukula Creek, Panzi

 
Type Locality

A small creek in the upper Wamba River basin to the southwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo not far from the Angolan border.
Collected on February 22nd 1939 by M.Bequaert, at that time head of the Archaeological Department of the Royal Museum for Central Africa (MRAC) in Tervuren who collected eight specimens of an Aphyosemion species in a small creek called Lukula, 10 km north of 'Poste de Panzi' .

Distribution

Only known from the type locality.
Habitat

Collected at an altitude of 1,000 metres.
Distinguishing Characteristics Distinct from others in the elegans group in having a black (probably - this is brown in preserved specimens) outer margin to all fins in males, a robust jaw, large head with large eyes, dorsal fin set further back down the body.
Colour/Pattern Variability  
History

Described from preserved fish collected in 1939.
Breeding Notes

No live specimens known in captivity (2010).
Diameter of Egg  
Remarks

The area towards the Angolan border is little fished for Killies & new species will most likely be discovered here in the future.