Nothobranchius steinforti

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Nothobranchius steinforti
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Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. steinforti
Binomial name
Nothobranchius steinforti
Wildekamp, 1977

Nothobranchius steinforti is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. [2] It is endemic to Upper Wami River drainage, Tanzania. Its natural habitat is intermittent freshwater marshes, pools and rice fields. [1] This species was described in 1977 by Rudolf Hans Wildekamp with the type locality given as "8 kilometers from Kimamba, Tanzania". [3] The specific name honours the Dutch aquarist Theo Steinfort who helped collect the type and bred this species in captivity, making it available to other killifish hobbyists. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius steinforti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T61221A47240724. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61221A47240724.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nothobranchius steinforti". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nothobranchius steinforti". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 September 2019.


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