Nothobranchius angelae

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Nothobranchius angelae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. angelae
Binomial name
Nothobranchius angelae

Nothobranchius angelae is a species of brightly colored seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to seasonal freshwater habitats in north-central Tanzania in Eastern Africa. [2]

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Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Angela Watters. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2020). "Nothobranchius angelae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T156302218A156302224. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156302218A156302224.en . Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Watters, B.R., Nagy, B., van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2019). Review of the Nothobranchius taeniopygus species group from central and western Tanzania with descriptions of five new species and redescription of Nothobranchius taeniopygus (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 29 (3): 239–278. doi : 10.23788/IEF-1110 ResearchGate : 335169181
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 September 2025.

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