Refers to the general green colouration of males.

Ladiges W. & Roloff E. 1973.

Roloffia viridis spec. nov., Beschreibung einer neuen Roloffia Art aus Liberia.

DATZ 26 (5): p 155-157, figure.

5 cm

D = 9-13, A = 13-15, D/A = +5-6, ll = 27-29 (+2-3) (Ladiges & Roloff 1973)
D=10-12 (average 10.8), A= 14-15 (average 14.6), D/A=6-8 (average 6.4), ll=27-30 (average 28.6) Sonnenberg & Busch 2009

• n = 21 (Grimm 1974)
• n = 20, A = 25 (Scheel 1990)

Archiaphyosemion

maeseni

• Roloffia maeseni (non Poll 1941) Scheel 1968 (in part)
• Roloffia viridis Ladiges & Roloff 1973
• Aphyosemion viride Huber 1977
• Archiaphyosemion viride (Ladiges & Roloff 1973)

• Bébéli
• Maliki (Liberia)
• N'Zérékoré (Guineé) - GRC 90 / 175
• Regeli (Guineé)
• Sagleipie (Liberia)
• Salayea (northwestern Liberia)
• Saniquellie (Liberia)
• T'chien (Liberia)
• Wadalna (Liberia)
• Zorzor (Liberia)
• GF06 / 5 - Koniya
• GF06 / 8 (cf. viridis)

Close to Salayea, northwestern Liberia.

Eastern Guinea & northwestern Liberia in the drainage systems of the upper Via-Saint Paul & upper Saint John Rivers.

Forested savannah brooks & streams. They are found among fallen leaves & vegetation.

Regarded as fairly difficult to breed. Top & bottom mops can be used but they appear to favour top mops. Water incubation takes 10-14 days. Growth is considered quite fast with sexual maturity being attained around 5-7 months.

Les McCathie in BKA Newsletter No.339, December 1993 reported the males turn dark & almost black prior to spawning where he performed a dance in front of the female. He was observed to turn vertically with head pointing at the surface & zig zagging up & down. When the female approached the male he stopped his dance & put his dorsal fin around the feamle, pressing her into a plant stem.
Les was breeding the N'Zérékoré population & reported eggs hatched in water in 10 days at 74°F. Some eggs took up to 30 days to hatch. It was found best to raise fry with the parents as those raised seperately grew slower & were much slimmer.
When raised with the parents fry reach 4cm in 8 weeks. Those raised away from the parents took 12 weeks to reach this size.
It was found this species is not aggressive & can be kept in groups. However, only one dominant male will turn dark & perform the courtship dance in front of females.