After the Mo River. ('ensis' - to come from).

Radda A.C. 1970 (Aphyosemion mirabile moense).

Vorläufige Beschreibung zweier neuer Unterarten einer neuen Art der Gattung Aphyosemion Myers aus Westkamerun.

Aquaria Osterreich 4: p 58-61, figure.

6 cm

• D = 12-14, A = 15-16, D/A = +6-7, ll = 32-33 (Radda 1970)
• D = 14, A = 15, ll = 32-33 (Radda 1971)
• D = 13-14, A = 14-15, ll = 31-32 +3-4 (Radda 1974)
• D = 12-15, A =15-16, ll = 31-33 (Radda & Pürzl 1987)

• n = 16-17, A = 29 (Manyemen population)
• n = 19, A = 34 (other populations) (Scheel 1990)

Paraphyosemion

gardneri

• Aphyosemion mirabile moense Radda 1970
• Aphyosemion moense Huber 1977
• Fundulopanchax mirabilis moensis Lazara 1984
• Aphyosemion (Paraphyosemion) mirabile moense Huber 1994

• Kendem-Noumba
• Mainou
• Manyemen
• Mo River (west Cameroon)
• Nguti (HAH 48)
• Numba GPE 90 / 9
• Tinto
• GPE 90/9 Numba
• HAH 98 / Bakebe

Male collected from the type locality. Photo courtesy of Ed Pürzl.		Above & left photo bought at an SKS auction & imported to the USA. Photo courtesy of Allen Boatman.
	Form known to have been circulated in the BKA Photo courtesy of Pat Rimmer.

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A relatively large tributary on the Mo River on the road from Mamfe to Bamenda, between Kendem & Noumba, western Cameroon.

Upper Cross River drainage system particularly the Mo River. This is situated on the eastern slopes of the Mamfe plateau.

Small rainforest streams & brooks.

Collected by Dr.A.C.Radda from the type locality. A description appeared in BKA newsletter No.79, March 1972.

This is the one mirabilis subspecies I have not maintained. Reports suggest they breed in the manner described for Fp.mirabilis.

It was tempting to lump Fp.mirabilis intermittens & Fp.mirabilis traudeae with this subspecies along with the view of Wildekamp 1996 & Scheel 1990. However, as I have not kept moensis & in the light that further work is needed on the mirabilis subspecies I have split all subspecies into seperate files.