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Nothobranchius 
Nothobranchius rachovii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Superclass: Osteichthyes Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Superorder: Acanthopterygii Order: Cyprinodontiformes Suborder: Aplocheiloidei Family: Nothobranchiidae Genus: Nothobranchius
Peters, 1868Species 54, see text.
Nothobranchius (Peters, W., 1868) is a genus of freshwater annual fish from East Africa in the family Nothobranchiidae which was long included in the Aplocheilidae. Many species have very small distributions. There are many species: as of April 2010 there are a total of 54 nominal species, not counting subspecies.[1] They are a typical annual killifish, part of the order Cyprinodontiformes.[2] The vertebrate with the shortest life span is a member of this genus, Nothobranchius furzeri from Mozambique and Zimbabwe lives for between 3 and 6 months. In that time it hatches, matures, breeds and dies.
Etymology: Greek "nothos": false, spurious, and "branchia": gill.
Species
- Nothobranchius albimarginatus Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998
- Nothobranchius annectens Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998
- Boji Plains nothobranch, Nothobranchius bojiensis Wildekamp & Haas, 1992
- Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938
- Nothobranchius cyaneus Seegers, 1981
- Nothobranchius eggersi Seegers, 1982
- Elongate nothobranch, Nothobranchius elongatus Wildekamp, 1982
- Nothobranchius fasciatus Wildekamp & Haas, 1992
- Nothobranchius flammicomantis Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 1998
- Nothobranchius foerschi Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
- Turquoise killifish, Nothobranchius furzeri Jubb, 1971
- Nothobranchius fuscotaeniatus Seegers, 1997
- Nothobranchius geminus Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002
- Redtail notho, Nothobranchius guentheri (Pfeffer, 1893)
- Nothobranchius hassoni Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2004
- Nothobranchius hengstleri Valdesalici, 2007
- Kikambala nothobranch, Nothobranchius interruptus Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
- Nothobranchius janpapi Wildekamp, 1977
- Nothobranchius jubbi Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
- Nothobranchius kadleci Reichard, 2010[3]
- Kafue killifish, Nothobranchius kafuensis Wildekamp & Rosenstock, 1989
- Nothobranchius kilomberoensis Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002
- Redfin notho, Nothobranchius kirki Jubb, 1969
- Nothobranchius kiyawensis Ahl, 1928
- Nothobranchius korthausae Meinken, 1973
- Beira killifish, Nothobranchius kuhntae (Ahl, 1926)
- Nothobranchius lourensi Wildekamp, 1977
- Nothobranchius luekei Seegers, 1984
- Nothobranchius malaissei Wildekamp, 1978
- Blackspotted nothobranch, Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer, 1896)
- Small scaled nothobranch, Nothobranchius microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897)
- Nothobranchius neumanni (Hilgendorf, 1905)
- Nothobranchius nubaensis Bellemans, 2003
- Nothobranchius ocellatus (Seegers, 1985)
- Spotted killifish, Nothobranchius orthonotus (Peters, 1844)
- Nothobranchius palmqvisti (Lönnberg, 1907)
- Blue notho, Nothobranchius patrizii (Vinciguerra, 1927)
- Nothobranchius polli Wildekamp, 1978
- Bluefin notho, Nothobranchius rachovii Ahl, 1926
- Red victoria nothobranch, Nothobranchius robustus Ahl, 1935
- Nothobranchius rosenstocki Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2005
- Nothobranchius rubripinnis Seegers, 1986
- Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus Blache & Miton, 1960
- Nothobranchius steinforti Wildekamp, 1977
- Nothobranchius symoensi Wildekamp, 1978
- Striped nothobranch, Nothobranchius taeniopygus Hilgendorf, 1891
- Togo Killifish, Nothobranchius thierryi (Ahl, 1924)
- Uganda nothobranch, Nothobranchius ugandensis Wildekamp, 1994
- Nothobranchius virgatus Chambers, 1984
- Pangani nothobranch, Nothobranchius vosseleri Ahl, 1924
- Mnanzini nothobranch, Nothobranchius willerti Wildekamp, 1992
References
- ^ Fishbase – Valid Species of the Genus Nothobranchius. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2007 version.
- ^ "Cyprinodontiformes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=553130.
- ^ Reichard, Martin (2010). "Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique" (PDF). Zootaxa 2332: 49–60. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02332p060.pdf.
External links
- Killifish – maintenance, breeding, conservation: Nothobranchius species list and images. Not complete but a nice outline of how the species generally look.
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