Nothobranchius itigiensis

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

Nothobranchius itigiensis is a species of brightly colored seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to seasonal freshwater habitats in central Tanzania. It is currently known from ephemeral pools and marshes associated with the upper Ruaha drainage and the Bahi Swamp area. [2]

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Etymology

The fish is named after the village of Itigi township, in central Tanzania, near where the type species locality is situated. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2021). "Nothobranchius itigiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T175184906A175184918. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T175184906A175184918.en . Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. ↑ 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. ResearchGate : 340922876
  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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