Scriptaphyosemion
Genus of fishes
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Scriptaphyosemion is a genus of killifish from the family Nothobranchiidae which is endemic to Africa.
| Scriptaphyosemion | |
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| A male Scriptaphyosemion schmitti | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Scriptaphyosemion Radda & Pürzl, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Aphyosemion guineense geryi J. G. Lambert, 1958 | |
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Scriptaphyosemion banforense (Seegers, 1982)
- Scriptaphyosemion bertholdi (Roloff, 1965) (Berthold's killi)
- Scriptaphyosemion brueningi (Roloff, 1971) (Bruening's killi)
- Scriptaphyosemion cauveti (Romand & Ozouf-Costaz, 1995) (Kindia killi)
- Scriptaphyosemion chaytori (Roloff, 1971)
- Scriptaphyosemion etzeli (Berkenkamp, 1979)
- Scriptaphyosemion fredrodi (Vandersmisson, Etzel & Berkenkamp, 1980)
- Scriptaphyosemion geryi (J. G. Lambert, 1958) (Gérys killi)
- Scriptaphyosemion guignardi (Romand, 1981)
- Scriptaphyosemion liberiense (Boulenger, 1908)
- Scriptaphyosemion roloffi (Roloff, 1936)
- Scriptaphyosemion schmitti (Romand, 1979)
- Scriptaphyosemion wieseae Sonnenberg & Busch, 2012[2]
