Scriptaphyosemion roloffi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Subfamilia: Epiplatinae
Genus: Scriptaphyosemion
Species: Scriptaphyosemion roloffi

Name

Scriptaphyosemion roloffi (Roloff, 1936)

• Lectotype: ZMB 21071. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1937.6.14.9-11 (3); ZMB 31472 [ex ZMB 21071] (2).
• Type locality: Tributary of Port Loko Creek, ca. 40 kilometers east-northeast of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
• The species was dedicated to Roloff by Ahl to which Roloff had sent the types for description, but on account of delays of publication Ahl’'s paper was issued after Roloff’'s provisional one.

Synonymy

• Aphyosemion roloffi Roloff, 1936
  • Roloffia roloffi (Roloff, 1936)
• Aphyosemion roloffi Ahl, 1937
• Roloffia roloffi hastingsi Roloff, 1971
  • Roloffia hastingsi (Roloff, 1971)
• Roloffia caldali Cahalan, 1973

References

• Roloff, E. 1936: Pflege und Zucht von Aphysosemion roloffi. Wochenschrift für Aquarien- und Terrarienkunde 33(25): 387 Reference page. 

Selected links

• Aphyosemion roloffi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 4, 2014.
• Scriptaphyosemion roloffi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Scriptaphyosemion roloffi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Aphyosemion roloffi Roloff, 1936, CLOFFA
• IUCN: Scriptaphyosemion roloffi (Roloff, 1936) (Near Threatened)