Endangered
Kribi killi
Fundulopanchax fallax
Kribi killi is a killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Fundulopanchax fallax, recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
Additionally, the species can be found in several color morphs in the Terra Typica - in the care of F. Kribianum: orange, blue and yellow.
Adult fish reach a maximum length of approximately 9 centimetres (3.5 inches).
Range and habitat
Kribi killi (Fundulopanchax kribianus) is a African killifish that mainly inhabits swamps and turbid parts of brooks in the coastal rainforest. The species is endemic to Cameroon. The fish from Kribi is F. Kribianus, F. Schwoiseri is found in Malende, while F. Fallax is found in Mouanka and Fifindi, there are morphological differences visible to the naked eye that differentiate these species.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Breeding pairs of the species most often lay their eggs over the bottom, but occasionally also among the roots of free-floating aquatic plants. It is sometimes kept in captivity but moderately difficult to maintain and breed in an aquarium.
In crisis
Kribi killi 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 English Wikipedia article on Kribi killi, Wikidata item Q11681998. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
