Nothobranchius chochamandai

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Nothobranchius chochamandai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. chochamandai
Binomial name
Nothobranchius chochamandai
Nagy, 2014

Nothobranchius chochamandai is a species of seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is known only from the area of the type locality - ephemeral marshes of the Kinikabwimba River, a tributary of Lufutishi River in the middle Luapula River drainage. [2]

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Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Auguste Chocha Manda, of the University of Lubumbashi in Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, because of his dedication in the research of the fishes of his country. [3]

Habitat

The small and colourful Nothobranchius fishes inhabit ephemeral habitats in freshwater wetlands of Africa and have extreme life-history adaptations. Members of the genus are recognized as seasonal fishes, with all known species having an annual or semi-annual life cycle, a key adaptation to reproduce in the seasonally arid savannah biome and allowing their eggs to survive the periodic drying up of the seasonal natural habitats. [4]

Sources

  1. ↑ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius chochamandai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T131470569A131470573. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T131470569A131470573.en . Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Nagy, B. (2014). "Nothobranchius chochamandai, a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 25 (2): 167–183.. ResearchGate : 265903825
  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.
  4. ↑ Nagy, B. (2015) Life history and reproduction of Nothobranchius fishes. Journal of the American Killifish Association, 47 (4–6): 182–192. ResearchGate : 341121138


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