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Nothobranchius is a genus of small, freshwater killifish, classified in the family Nothobranchiidae in the order Cyprinodontiformes. There are about a hundred species in the genus, many with very small distributions. They are primarily native to East Africa from Sudan to northern South Africa, whereas a dozen species are found in the upper Congo River Basin; the greatest species richness is in Tanzania.
Nothobranchius typically inhabit ephemeral pools that are filled only during the monsoon season, and show extreme life-history adaptations to survive the dry season. When their habitats dry up, the adult fish die and the eggs survive encased in the clay during the dry season. The embryos survive the dry season by entering diapause, facilitated by their specialized eggs that have a very hard chorion and are resistant to desiccation and hypoxia. These species reach maturity very quickly once diapause is broken and have a very short life span; one species, Nothobranchius furzeri, reaches maturity in 17 days and seldom lives beyond 6 months.




Etymology


From Greek νοθοσ / nothos: false, spurious, and βράγχια / bránchia: gill.




Species



There are currently 96 recognized species in this genus:

Nothobranchius albertinensis Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
Nothobranchius albimarginatus Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998
Nothobranchius angelae Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019
Nothobranchius annectens Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998
Nothobranchius attenboroughi Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
Nothobranchius balamaensis Bragança & Chakona, 2022
Nothobranchius bellemansi Valdesalici, 2014
Nothobranchius bojiensis Wildekamp & Haas, 1992 (Boji Plains nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius boklundi Valdesalici, 2010
Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938
Nothobranchius capriviensis Watters, Wildekamp & Shidlovskiy, 2015 (Caprivi nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius cardinalis Watters, Cooper & Wildekamp, 2008 (Cardinal nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius chochamandai Nagy, 2014
Nothobranchius cooperi Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2017
Nothobranchius derhami Valdesalici & Amato, 2019
Nothobranchius ditte Nagy, 2018
Nothobranchius eggersi Seegers, 1982
Nothobranchius elongatus Wildekamp, 1982 (Elongate nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius elucens Nagy, 2021
Nothobranchius fasciatus Wildekamp & Haas, 1992
Nothobranchius flagrans Nagy, 2014
Nothobranchius flammicomantis Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 1998
Nothobranchius foerschi Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
Nothobranchius furzeri Jubb, 1971 (Turquoise killifish)
Nothobranchius fuscotaeniatus Seegers, 1997
Nothobranchius geminus Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002
Nothobranchius guentheri (Pfeffer, 1893) (Red-tail nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius hassoni Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2004
Nothobranchius hengstleri Valdesalici, 2007
Nothobranchius hoermanni Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
Nothobranchius insularis Costa, 2017
Nothobranchius interruptus Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979 (Kikambala nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius itigiensis Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
Nothobranchius ivanovae Valdesalici, 2012
Nothobranchius janpapi Wildekamp, 1977
Nothobranchius jubbi Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
Nothobranchius kadleci Reichard, 2010
Nothobranchius kafuensis Wildekamp & Rosenstock, 1989 (Kafue killifish)
Nothobranchius kardashevi Valdesalici, 2012
Nothobranchius kilomberoensis Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002
Nothobranchius kirki Jubb, 1969 (Red-fin nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius korthausae Meinken, 1973
Nothobranchius krammeri Valdesalici & Hengstler, 2008
Nothobranchius krysanovi Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010
Nothobranchius kwalensis W. J. E. M. Costa, 2019
Nothobranchius lourensi Wildekamp, 1977
Nothobranchius lucius Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009
Nothobranchius luekei Seegers, 1984
Nothobranchius makondorum Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009
Nothobranchius malaissei Wildekamp, 1978
Nothobranchius matanduensis Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2020
Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer, 1896) (Black-spotted nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897) (Small-scaled nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius milvertzi Nagy, 2014
Nothobranchius mkuziensis (Fowler, 1934)
Nothobranchius moameensis Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
Nothobranchius neumanni (Hilgendorf, 1905)
Nothobranchius niassa Valdesalici, Bills, Dorn, Reichwald & Cellerino, 2012
Nothobranchius nikiforovi Nagy, Watters & Raspopova, 2021
Nothobranchius nubaensis Valdesalici, Bellemans, Kardashev & Golubtsov, 2009
Nothobranchius occultus Valdesalici, 2014
Nothobranchius ocellatus (Seegers, 1985)
Nothobranchius oestergaardi Valdesalici & Amato, 2011
Nothobranchius orthonotus (Peters, 1844) (Spotted killifish)
Nothobranchius ottoschmidti Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019
Nothobranchius palmqvisti (Lönnberg, 1907)
Nothobranchius patrizii (Vinciguerra, 1927) (Blue nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius pienaari Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010
Nothobranchius polli Wildekamp, 1978
Nothobranchius prognathus Costa, 2019
Nothobranchius rachovii Ahl, 1926 (Blue-fin nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius robustus Ahl, 1935 (Red victoria nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius rosenstocki Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2005
Nothobranchius rubripinnis Seegers, 1986
Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus Blache & Miton, 1960
Nothobranchius rungwaensis Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019
Nothobranchius ruudwildekampi Costa, 2009
Nothobranchius sagittae Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014
Nothobranchius sainthousei Nagy, Cotterill & Bellstedt, 2016
Nothobranchius seegersi Valdesalici & Kardashev, 2011
Nothobranchius serengetiensis Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014
Nothobranchius skeltoni Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019
Nothobranchius sonjae Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019
Nothobranchius steinforti Wildekamp, 1977
Nothobranchius streltsovi Valdesalici (sv), 2016
Nothobranchius symoensi Wildekamp, 1978
Nothobranchius taeniopygus Hilgendorf, 1891 (Striped nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius taiti Nagy, 2019
Nothobranchius torgashevi Valdesalici, 2015
Nothobranchius ugandensis Wildekamp, 1994 (Uganda nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius usanguensis Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014
Nothobranchius venustus Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
Nothobranchius virgatus Chambers, 1984
Nothobranchius vosseleri Ahl, 1924 (Pangani nothobranchius)
Nothobranchius wattersi Ng'oma, Valdesalici, Reichwald & Cellerino, 2013
Nothobranchius willerti Wildekamp, 1992 (Mnanzini nothobranchius)




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Nothobranchius
• Killifish
• Nothobranchius furzeri
• Nothobranchius attenboroughi
• Nothobranchius rachovii
• Nothobranchius eggersi
• Nothobranchius lucius
• Nothobranchius kilomberoensis
• Nothobranchius janpapi
• Nothobranchius palmqvisti