Aplocheilus werneri — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Cyprinodontiformes/Aplocheilidae/Aplocheilus

At a glance

Occurrence records10

Data sources9

Biological traits5

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections9

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aplocheilus werneri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 & distributionGBIF10 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries9 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Aplocheilus werneri (Werner's killifish) is a species of killifish endemic to Sri Lanka. This species grows to a length of 7 cm. Its natural habitats are small, shallow, slow-flowing, heavily shaded streams and rivulets with a silt or clay substrate. They are largely use as an aquarium fish. The specific name honours the fish importer Andreas Werner who imported this species into Germany for the first time in 1964.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length7 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonebenthopelagic

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Aplocheilus werneri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections9

Countries1

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 type10 records

Wild obs. + sensor10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO40 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

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

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 10

10 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor10

Wildobservation + sensor

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

09Environmental DNA9 detections

Where the DNA of Aplocheilus werneri 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 found9

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 9 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median26.2 °C 25.3–26.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.90 °C

Max temp (day)29.7 °C 28.1–29.9

Min temp (night)23.2 °C 21.9–24.3

Precipitation210 mm/mo 193–254

Air humidity65.6 % 64.9–68.5

Moisture balance61.1 mm/mo 34.6–101

Vapour deficit1,191 Pa 1,072–1,225

Wind speed2.30 m/s 1.90–3.10

Cloud cover41.8 % 41.0–41.9

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 9 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.