Nothobranchius milvertzi

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

Nothobranchius milvertzi is a species of seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to northern Zambia. It is known only from the area of the type locality - ephemeral pools formed on the floodplain and in the seasonal riverbeds of the Lushiba Marsh in the Lake Mweru basin, Luapula Province, northern Zambia. [2]

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Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Finn Christian Milvertz. [3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius milvertzi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T131470925A131470929. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T131470925A131470929.en . Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. ↑ Nagy, B. (2014): Nothobranchius milvertzi, a new species of killifish from the Lushiba Marsh in the Lake Mweru drainage, Zambia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4): 347-360. ResearchGate : 261324202
  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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