Striped nothobranch

Taxobox
name = Striped nothobranch


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cyprinodontiformes
familia = Aplocheilidae
genus = "Nothobranchius"
species = "N. taeniopygus"
binomial = "Nothobranchius taeniopygus"
binomial_authority = (Hilgendorf, 1891)
synonyms = Astatotilapia stappersii Poll, 1943The striped nothobranch ("Nothobranchius taeniopygus") is a species of fish in the Aplocheilidae family. It is found in Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater lakes, intermittent freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marches, and inland deltas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Natakimazi, G. & Hanssens, M. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/60436/all Nothobranchius taeniopygus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 04 August 2007.