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Aphyosemion elegans

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ5482712 ↗
Source-derived summary

Aphyosemion elegans, the elegant killifish, is a species of African rivulines (Nothobranchiidae) endemic to Africa, where it is found in the basin of the Congo River.

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The public source identifies “Aphyosemion elegans” as species of fish. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aphyosemion, elegans and species.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current 26-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Aphyosemion, elegans and species providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Aphyosemion elegans”, the useful work is to connect “species of fish” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 28, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5482712. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Aphyosemion elegans” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.