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Re: Aphyosemion hera - Donna Recktenwalt



Donna wrote:

>    Anybody out there have any background information on this fish? I've =
>had two collection locations of them, and can't find any references to =
>them anywhere in the literature.


Harry said: 

>Two collections listed in Langton's recent Wild Collections of Killifish:
>   
>        1. A. hera TDK 97/29  -- page 79  Collectors: Tirbak, Peter,
Derugin, Kleisch
>
>            2. Aphyosemion hera GJS 00/28 Bengui 3
>                                                             Collectors: 
>Guggenebuhl, Robert, Mogens Juhl and Sewer


Gary pointed her to collecting info at:

>http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/mhng/erpi/Aphyose_hera.html

which is the type specimen collection information from it's discovery,
namely [= Gabon: 45 km northeast of Lambaréné (starting point: the bridge
over the Ogooué river in the city) , on the road to Bifoun, near Benguié,
lower Ogooué basin, 0° 47'S/ 10°32' E., at this point the Ogooué river
flows less than 10 km away to the east; the Mbiné river, one of its
tributaries is about the same distance away to the west; 27 VII. 1996; leg
R. Krumenacker & H.Romer]. 

This original 1996 collection of A. hera by the two Swiss (Romer and
Krumenacher) went into the hobby as Aphyosemion hera "Lamberene, ARK
1-2/96". I don't know what the A stands for, but the "1-2" means first
location on the second day (or second location on the first day...),
something like that.  (Thanks to Anita for that info.)

Bill
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