Biology:Nothobranchius moameensis
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Nothobranchius |
| Species: | N. moameensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius moameensis Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
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Nothobranchius moameensis is a species of brightly colored seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to seasonal freshwater habitats in northern Tanzania. It is currently known from ephemeral pools and marshes associated with the Moame and other smaller river systems south of Lake Victoria in the Moame system.[1]
Etymology
Te fishes name is from the Moame River drainage, Tanzania, from where the type 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 moameensis on WildNothos - various information and photographs of this species
Wikidata ☰ Q116179035 entry
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