Nothobranchius robustus

Nothobranchius robustus, the red Victoria nothobranch, is a species of killifish in the family) Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is found in the Lake Victoria basin, the Lake Albert basin, the Sio River and near Ahero in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, and intermittent freshwater marshes.[2] This species was described in 1935 by Ernst Ahl from types collected in northwestern Tanzania.[3]

Nothobranchius robustus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. robustus
Binomial name
Nothobranchius robustus

References

  1. FishBase team RMCA & Geelhand, D. (2016). "Nothobranchius robustus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T60434A47188909. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60434A47188909.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nothobranchius robustus" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Nothobranchius robustus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2019.


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