After the area of first collection - Mount Nimba. ensis = to come from.

Daget J. 1948. Haplochilichthys nimbaensis.

La Collection de Poissons d'eau douce de l'I.F.A.N.

Catalogue I.F.A.N. , Dakar 3: 40, pages 1-14, figure 13

4·5 cm (male) Huber, Killi-Data.

• D = 10-13, A = 16-18, ll = 25-27 (Daget 1948)
• D = 10-11, A = 17-18, ll = 23-24 (Radda & Pürl 1987)
• D = 10·4, A = 16·8, D/A = 5·4, ll = 23·6 (Huber, Killi-Data

• Haplochilichthys nimbaensis Daget 1948
• Aplocheilichthys nimbaensis Lambert 1958
• Micropanchax nimbaensis Huber 1981
• Aplocheilus macrurus (non Boulenger 1904) Daget 1954

• Salayeo
• Zorzor

• 20 km north of Buchanan, Liberia. This site recorded as code RL 86. Collected by Etzel & Pütz in 1982.
• Cassielidayi River, Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1957.
• Diougou River, Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1957.
• Fautah, 19 km in the direction of Salayea, northern Liberia. This collection by Etzel & Pütz in 1982 known as RL 110.
• Gâ, Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1948.
• Gouin River, Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1957.
• Seredou, Diana River, Saint Paul basin, eastern Guinee. Collected by Pujol in 1959.
• Close to Yreah, 20 km north of Tapeta, central Liberia. Collected by Etzel & Butz (?) in 1978.
• Zié River, Mount Nimba, eastern Guinee. Collected by Lamotte in 1957.

See Killi-Data for more precise data.

Mount Nimba, Gâ (Cavally), Guinee. This location is reported as being 1100 - 1250 metres altitude.

Well distributed in Liberia, Guinee & Ivory Coast.

In relict areas of highland primary forest surrounding the area of Mount Nimba.
Biotope is streams with clear, fast running water over a sand base. Depth recorded at 30 cm. Water temperature 18-26°C. They are found in mid-water areas in shoals.
Replaced to the east by Rhex.schioetzi & west by Rhex.lamberti.
Sympatric sp. include Arch.maeseni, E.coccinatus, E.olbrechtsi azurus & Script.liberiense.

Discovered by Lamotte.

In the wild they lay eggs on aquatic vegetation & over hanging root systems from terrestrial vegetation.
Killi-Data records best breeding results in shoals over a sand base in direct light. Water incubation for 2 weeks. Newly hatched fry are reported to cling to the waters surface. First food, newly hatched brine shrimp. I would consider the smaller sp. of shrimp (San Francisco) to be best considered.
Sexual maturity in 16 weeks with full maturity in 7 months. Recorded life expectancy in captivity 3 years.