Nothobranchius lourensi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. lourensi
Binomial name
Nothobranchius lourensi
Wildekamp, 1977

Nothobranchius lourensi is a species of fish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is known only from the floodplain of the Ruvu River in eastern Tanzania where it is found in temporary pools,[1] where the type was originally collected by Jan Lourens, a biologist with the United Nations Development Programme in Dar es Salaam and who is honoured in its specific name.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius lourensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61288A47243786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61288A47243786.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Nothobranchius lourensi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. 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 7 September 2019.


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