Nothobranchius steinforti

Nothobranchius steinforti is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is endemic to Upper Wami River drainage, Tanzania. Its natural habitat is intermittent freshwater marshes, pools and rice fields.[1] This species was described in 1977 by Rudolf Hans Wildekamp with the type locality given as "8 kilometers from Kimamba, Tanzania".[3] The specific name honours the Dutch aquarist Theo Steinfort who helped collect the type and bred this species in captivity, making it available to other killifish hobbyists.[4]

Nothobranchius steinforti

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. steinforti
Binomial name
Nothobranchius steinforti
Wildekamp, 1977

References

  1. Nagy, B. & Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius steinforti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T61221A47240724.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nothobranchius steinforti" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Nothobranchius steinforti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 September 2019.


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