After Prof. Dr. F.Fülleborn, German Physician. In latin after an umlout (ü) an 'e' is inserted after.

Haplochilichthys fulleborni Ahl, E.1924

Neue afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem zoologischen Museum Berlin.

Zoologischer Anzeiger 61 (3-4): 138.

Ahl gives 29mm total length, Wildekamp report 30mm & Huber reports 35mm.

D = 7-8, A = 12-13, D/A = 8, ll = 27.

loati. Consisting of - antinorii, bracheti, ehrichi, loati, pfaffi, rudolfianus.

• Haplochilichthys fuellborni Ahl 1924
• Aplocheilichthys fulleborni Myers 1933
• Micropanchax fulleborni Huber, Seegers & Wildekamp 1983
• Haplochilichthys fullebornis Paepke & Seegers 1986
• Haplochilus atripinna non Pfeffer 1896, Hilgendorf & Pappenheim 1903
• Aplocheilichthys johnstoni (non Günther 1893), Ricardo 1939

Populations

• Iwanga
• Kigwa
• Lake Chaya
• Sekenke

Lake Rukwa.

Lake Rukwa, Tanzania & surrounding areas (streams).
Also found widespread in the Kasanka National Park, Zambia.

Reported as widespread in clear slow moving streams with vegetation & Lake Rukwa. Found near the surface in water less than a metre deep. Sympatric sp. Lacustricola matthesi.
A schooling sp. found near the surface. Water temperature 20-30°C, pH alkaline to neutral.
Reported in the Ughalla River system.

Discovered by Prof. Dr. F.Fülleborn

Introduced to aquaria by Lothar Seegers. These fish died before producing, being susceptible to water pollution & fungal infection.

Doubtful if these have been bred in captivity but probably lay in surface vegetation or mops with a 2 week incubation period. It is highly likely fry would need to be carefully maintained to avoid any build up of ammonia.

Probably not been distributed in captivity. A species very sensitive to a build up of wastes in the water. Regular water changes would be considered a must. As this sp. comes from an alkaline water the build up of ammonia should be carefully monitored especially in newly set up tanks.