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Lyretail

Aphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921)

Status not recordedbony fish

The lyretail (Aphyosemion australe) is a species in the family Nothobranchiidae, order Cyprinodontiformes.

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Quick facts about the lyretail

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lyretail live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lyretail as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Mexico

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the lyretail endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lyretail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCyprinodontiformes
  5. familyNothobranchiidae
  6. genusAphyosemion
  7. SpeciesAphyosemion australe (Rachow, 1921)

Synonyms Aphyosemion australe hjerresensii, Aphyosemion calliurus australis, Aphyosemion hjerresensii, Aphyosemion polychromum, Aphysemion australe, Haplochilus calliurus australis, Panchax polychromus

Other names and names in other languages (18)
  • Cape Lopez lyretailEnglish
  • Chocolate australeEnglish
  • Chocolate lyretailEnglish
  • Gold australeEnglish
  • Gold lyretailEnglish
  • Lyre-tailed panchaxEnglish
  • Lyretail panchaxEnglish
  • Orange australeEnglish
  • 琴尾旗鮰Chinese
  • halančík pestrýCzech
  • Kap LopezGerman
  • KilliSpanish
  • Lõuna-lippuimEstonian
  • Южный афиосемионRussian
  • Mbonharoot
  • Bunter PrachtkärpflingGerman
  • Yuzhnyi AfiosemionRussian
  • Kirjoviiripyrstöroot

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lyretail

Other species in the same genus Aphyosemion.

Red lyretail

Aphyosemion bivittatum

NothobranchiidaeNo free photo yet

Cameron killi

Aphyosemion cameronense

NothobranchiidaeNo free photo yet

Congo killi

Aphyosemion congicum

NothobranchiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the lyretail an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lyretail as introduced in 1 country: Mexico, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the lyretail?

The lyretail (Aphyosemion australe) belongs to the family Nothobranchiidae in the order Cyprinodontiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lyretail (Aphyosemion australe). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lyretail

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“Lyretail (Aphyosemion australe).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lyretail.

BibTeX
@misc{lyretail_2026,
  title = {Lyretail (Aphyosemion australe)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lyretail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}