simulans, Aphyosemion Radda [A. C.] & Huber [J. H.] 1976:186, Fig. 6 [Aquaria: Vivaristische Fachzeitschrift für die Schweiz und Oesterreich v. 23 (no. 11); ref. 20513] Stream in rainforest on the way from Libreville to Kap Esterias, near Kap Esterias, northwestern Gabon, 0°37'N, 9°21'E. Holotype: NMW 90759 (1 of 3). Paratypes: MRAC 77-17-P-474-476 (3), NMW 90759 (2 of 3). •Synonym of Aphyosemion microphtalmum Lambert & Géry 1968 -- (Wildekamp et al. 1986:224 [ref. 6198]). •Synonym of Aphyosemion escherichi (Ahl 1924) -- (Seegers 1988:18 [ref. 19980], Wildekamp 1993:152 [ref. 26378], Seegers 1997:15 [ref. 23895], Lazara 2001:20 [ref. 25711]). Current status: Synonym of Aphyosemion escherichi (Ahl 1924). Nothobranchiidae. Habitat: freshwater.