Aplocheilichthys spilauchen

(Duméril, 1861) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Cyprinodontiformes/Poeciliidae/Aplocheilichthys

At a glance

Occurrence records765

Data sources9

Biological traits5

DNA specimens24

eDNA detections25

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aplocheilichthys spilauchen's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility638 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System127 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI25 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics24 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS765 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 3 countries25 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD24 specimens

01Narrative

The banded lampeye (Aplocheilichthys spilauchen) is a species of poeciliid that is native to Africa, ranging from Senegal to Angola. It is mainly found in coastal brackish habitats (only infrequently in pure fresh or salt water) such as river mouths, lagoons and mangrove swamps. It reaches up to 7 cm in total length.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length8 cm

Habitat & environment3

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonebenthopelagic

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding24 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aplocheilichthys spilauchen has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens24

BINs6

Marker genes1

eDNA detections25

Countries3

The DNA barcodethe species' typical barcode, built from every sequenced specimen

COI-5P678 bp consensus22 specimens

ACGT

▸ drag or hover over the strip to read any position — letter and how much it varies

Violet ticks below the strip = positions where individuals differ; flat = the species' unchanging signature. 73% of positions are identical in every specimen.

Where individuals differ — all 180 variable positions, in barcode order

17Tmostly conserved

20Cvariable

24Amostly conserved

26Cmostly conserved

35Cvariable

44Cmostly conserved

53Avariable

56Cvariable

59Tvariable

62Amostly conserved

65Cmostly conserved

68Tmostly conserved

69Tvariable

77Avariable

80Avariable

83Amostly conserved

84Cvariable

98Gvariable

99Tmostly conserved

101Gmostly conserved

104Cvariable

105Tmostly conserved

107Amostly conserved

110Avariable

113Cvariable

116Tmostly conserved

119Gmostly conserved

125Cvariable

131Tvariable

137Tmostly conserved

140Avariable

143Tvariable

146Tvariable

149Tmostly conserved

152Cmostly conserved

155Amostly conserved

167Tvariable

170Gmostly conserved

173Tvariable

176Avariable

179Tmostly conserved

182Tmostly conserved

185Amostly conserved

188Cvariable

191Gmostly conserved

194Gvariable

200Tvariable

203Tmostly conserved

206Amostly conserved

209Avariable

212Tvariable

215Cmostly conserved

216Cmostly conserved

218Tmostly conserved

221Amostly conserved

224Tvariable

227Tvariable

230Cmostly conserved

233Avariable

236Tmostly conserved

239Gmostly conserved

242Tmostly conserved

245Cmostly conserved

248Tvariable

251Avariable

254Amostly conserved

257Tmostly conserved

260Cvariable

263Amostly conserved

266Cvariable

269Cmostly conserved

272Amostly conserved

275Cvariable

276Tmostly conserved

278Gvariable

281Tvariable

284Cmostly conserved

287Avariable

290Tvariable

291Tmostly conserved

293Gvariable

299Cmostly conserved

302Amostly conserved

305Cvariable

311Avariable

314Gmostly conserved

317Tmostly conserved

320Amostly conserved

323Cvariable

326Gmostly conserved

329Tmostly conserved

332Gvariable

338Cmostly conserved

341Amostly conserved

347Gvariable

350Cmostly conserved

353Ahighly variable

356Tmostly conserved

357Cmostly conserved

365Gvariable

368Cvariable

369Tvariable

371Gmostly conserved

374Cmostly conserved

383Amostly conserved

386Amostly conserved

389Tmostly conserved

392Tmostly conserved

395Tvariable

396Tvariable

398Amostly conserved

410Amostly conserved

413Tmostly conserved

416Tvariable

422Tmostly conserved

425Tmostly conserved

426Gmostly conserved

428Tmostly conserved

434Tmostly conserved

438Cmostly conserved

+60 more variable positions not shown

AAGATATTGGCACCCTTTACCTAATCTTTGGTGCCTGAGCCGGCATAGTCGGAACCGCTTTAAGCCTTTTAATTCGAGCAGAACTAAGTC …

Variant network

Each circle is a barcode variant; bigger = more specimens, colour = region. Lines join the most similar variants and the tick marks count the mutations between them — a tight cluster is one “dialect”, a long line a more divergent lineage. Click a circle to list its actual specimens.

Diversity (π)10.9%

Haplotypes4

BINs6

Most divergent pair16.4%

Other

Closest relatives by DNA barcode

The species whose COI barcode is most similar to this one — a quick “who is this most like”. The percentage is how much the barcode differs; it approximates, but is not, the full evolutionary tree.

Fundulus stellifersame order14.7%Orestias agassiziisame order15.6%Fundulus catenatussame order15.6%Protomyctophum normanisame order16.4%Fundulus diaphanussame order16.7%

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type765 records

Wild obs. + sensor364

Museum / vouchered387

Other14

Origin

Native3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO736 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit3

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 2 m · max 8 m · 3 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 2>10 km 9

21 georeferenced · 343 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor364

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 6≤10 km 36>10 km 3

52 georeferenced · 335 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence387

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 16 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Royal Museum for Central Africalocation not on record	80
FishBaselocation not on record	69
GBClocation not on record	39
CASlocation not on record	19
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	15
Washington, US	13
SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record	11
Paris, FR	3
Toronto, CA	3
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	1
Cambridge, US	1
Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record	1
	1
Chicago, US	1
South Kensington, GB	1

16 institutions · 260 of 387 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA25 detections

Where the DNA of Aplocheilichthys spilauchen was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found25

Studies independent surveys1

Countries3

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 25 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median23.2 °C 12.0–25.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.90 °C

Max temp (day)28.5 °C 14.8–30.5

Min temp (night)19.3 °C 7.30–22.7

Precipitation114 mm/mo 9.70–302

Air humidity66.6 % 60.9–68.4

Moisture balance5.50 mm/mo -101–203

Vapour deficit1,003 Pa 576–1,116

Wind speed1.50 m/s 0.9–2.70

Cloud cover57.6 % 42.5–74.3

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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