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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Procatopodinae

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Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 7.5 - 8.5; non-migratory. Tropical; 22°C - 25°C (Ref. 31267), preferred ?

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Africa: Lake Turkana in northern Kenya and southwestern Ethiopia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 31267); common length : 2.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27139)

Occurs in shallow, quiet and weedy parts around the lake (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).

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Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Micropanchax rudolfianus (Worthington, 1932)