Biology:Nothobranchius korthausae

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Nothobranchius korthausae
Nothobranchius korthausae male.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. korthausae
Binomial name
Nothobranchius korthausae
Meinken, 1973

Nothobranchius korthausae is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is endemic to Mafia Island in Tanzania. Its natural habitat is pools, ditches and small streams.[1] The specific name of this species honours the German aquarist Edith Korthaus who collected the type.[3]

Female N. korthausae with male in background

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius korthausae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T60308A47182634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60308A47182634.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/60308/47182634. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nothobranchius korthausae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 31 May 2019. http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes1/. Retrieved 5 September 2019. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2236549 entry