| Nothobranchius korthausae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Nothobranchius |
| Species: | N. korthausae |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius korthausae Meinken, 1973 | |
Nothobranchius korthausae is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is endemic to Mafia Island in Tanzania. Its natural habitat is pools, ditches and small streams.[1] The specific name of this species honours the German aquarist Edith Korthaus who collected the type.[3]
Female N. korthausae with male in background
References
- 1 2 Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius korthausae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60308A47182634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60308A47182634.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Nothobranchius korthausae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ 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 5 September 2019.
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