Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Amiet's Lyretail (Fundulopanchax amieti), recorded as Endangered
Amiet's Lyretail (Fundulopanchax amieti). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Amiet's Lyretail

Fundulopanchax amieti

Amiet's Lyretail is a killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Fundulopanchax amieti, recorded as Endangered and tied to Cameroon and Germany.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Fundulopanchax amieti
Recorded from
Cameroon, Germany
Taxonomy
Cyprinodontiformes · Nothobranchiidae · Fundulopanchax

The killifish

African killifish in this family occupy seasonal pools and forest streams. Annual species bury eggs before the pool dies.

Killifish, livebearers, and splitfins — small-bodied freshwater fishes, many of them from a single lake, spring, or seasonal pool.

Range and habitat

Amiet's Lyretail is a fish in the family of the aploqueilids and in the order of the cyprinodontiformes. Habitat It is located in Africa: Cameroon.

GBIF currently lists 15 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Small desert or forest fishes in this order live in water that can vanish. The egg bank, if there is one, is the only reserve.

In crisis

Amiet's Lyretail is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the Catalan Wikipedia article on Fundulopanchax amieti, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q129438 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Emerald aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax scheeli), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Emerald aphyosemion

Fundulopanchax scheeli
Photograph of Kribi killi (Fundulopanchax fallax), recorded as EndangeredEN

Kribi killi

Fundulopanchax fallax
Photograph of Marbled Lyretail (Fundulopanchax marmoratus), recorded as EndangeredEN

Marbled Lyretail

Fundulopanchax marmoratus
Photograph of Fundulopanchax sjostedti (Fundulopanchax sjostedti), recorded as EndangeredEN

Fundulopanchax sjostedti

Fundulopanchax sjostedti

Quick answers

What is Amiet's Lyretail?
Amiet's Lyretail is a killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Fundulopanchax amieti.
What is the conservation status of Amiet's Lyretail?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Fundulopanchax amieti. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Amiet's Lyretail live?
Amiet's Lyretail is a fish in the family of the aploqueilids and in the order of the cyprinodontiformes. Habitat It is located in Africa: Cameroon.
Why is Amiet's Lyretail in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Fundulopanchax amieti?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Amiet's Lyretail a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.