Biology:Nothobranchius itigiensis
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Short description: Species of fish
| Nothobranchius itigiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Nothobranchius |
| Species: | N. itigiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius itigiensis Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
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Nothobranchius itigiensis is a species of brightly colored seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to seasonal freshwater habitats in central Tanzania. It is currently known from ephemeral pools and marshes associated with the upper Ruaha drainage and the Bahi Swamp area.[1]
Etymology
The fish is named after the village of Itigi township, in central Tanzania, near where the type species locality is situated.[2]
Sources
- ↑ Nagy, B.; Watters, B.R.; van der Merwe, P.D.W.; Cotterill, F.P.D.; Bellstedt, D.U. (2020). "Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 30 (1): 21–73. doi:10.23788/IEF-1129. Template:ResearchGatePub
- ↑ "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes1/.
Links
- Nothobranchius itigiensis on WildNothos - various information and photographs of this species
Wikidata ☰ Q116179028 entry
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