DesDescriptioncription
Vinciguerra, D. 1897. Pesci raccolti dal Cap. V. Bottego, durante la
sua seconda spedizione nelle regione dei Somali e dei Galla. Annali
del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova) (2) 17
(37): 343–364.
Distinguished from all other species of the genus by its humpback,
convex dorsal profile and concave transition between head and body
along dorsal midline, numerous small and irregularly set scales in the
longitudinal series, 26-30 gill-rakers in contrast to 12-15 in other
species, long and closely set, dark vertical bar through the eye,
uniform drab male color pattern, and courting behavior
Clasification
Genus: Nothobranchius
Subgenus: Cynobranchius
Geographical Distribution
Maps
Kenya and Somalia
Type locality:Saha, between Brava and Lugh, at foot of Mount Egherta,
southern Somalia. (02°20'N 43°20'E).
Distribution small, in middle Uebi Scebeli, Juba and upper Madogoi basins
in southern Somalia and neighboring eastern Kenya, from middle Tana and
Sabaki basins.
- Between Brava & Lugh, Mt Egherta, S. Somalia * [2.333 N : 43.333 E]
Bottego, 1895 | Vinciguerra, 1897
- Bur Eibi, Bur Acaba District, S. Somalia [2.983 N : 44.267 E] Haas,
1979 | Huber, 1996a
Locations/codes
Mnazini (KEN 08-8
Mnazini KEN 08-9,
Warfa
Baomo (KEN 10-3
Notes
Status specie: Accepted unanimously.
Bibliography
Related:
Myers, G.S. 1933a.The Genera of Indo-Malayan and African Cyprinodont
Fishes related to Panchax and Nothobranchius. Copeia, (4): 180-185.
[microlepis N.: in Nothobranchius]
Rosenstock, J. 1995. Nothobranchius North to South. British Killifish
Association (B.K.A.), Killi News, 362 (November): 155-166, figs. [microlepis N.:
Aquar]
Vinciguerra, 1897
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