Fundulopanchax fallax

Fundulopanchax fallax

Kribi killi is a species of African killifish that mainly inhabits swamps and turbid parts of brooks in the coastal rainforest. The species is endemic to Cameroon. Adult fish reach a maximum length of approximately 9 centimetres. Breeding pairs of the species most often lay their eggs over the bottom, but occasionally also among the roots of free-floating aquatic plants. Pairs stay close for some time, with just a few eggs being produced each day. It is sometimes kept in captivity but moderately difficult to maintain and breed in an aquarium. Nonetheless, the species has been maintained in aquaria since 1905 as documented by Arnold, Meinken and Ahl, who described F. fallax in 1939, decades after its first commercial importation.