Nothobranchius korthausae

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

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

References

  1. Nagy, B. & Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius korthausae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T60308A47182634.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nothobranchius korthausae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. 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 5 September 2019.


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