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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Poeciliidae (Poeciliids) > Aplocheilichthyinae
Etymology: Hylopanchax: Greek, hylo, hyle = material, wood + Panchax, a word created by Meinken in 1932 .

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Freshwater; benthopelagic; pH range: 5.0 - 6.0; dH range: ? - 5; non-migratory. Tropical; 20°C - 24°C (Ref. 2060), preferred ?

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Africa: Alima and Likouala River drainages (middle Congo River basin) in Republic of Congo (Ref. 94189). Reports of Hylopanchax stictopleuron from other parts of the central Congo basin and the upper Ivindo River (Ref. 59344) are misidentifications of other Hylopanchax species (Ref. 94189).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 27139)

Small brooks and rivers, usually of the black water type, under forest cover (Ref. 59344). 4.5 cm max TL (Ref. 3788). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).

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Wildekamp, R.H., R. Romand and J.J. Scheel, 1986. Cyprinodontidae. p. 165-276. In J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde (eds.) Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa (CLOFFA). ISNB, Brussels, MRAC; Tervuren; and ORSTOM, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 3788)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Hylopanchax stictopleuron (Fowler, 1949)