DesDescriptioncription
Nagy, B., B. R. Watters & A. A. Raspopova. 2021. Nothobranchius
nikiforovi, a new species of seasonal killifish from the lower
Matandu drainage in south-eastern coastal Tanzania
(Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Zootaxa, 4950 (1):
103–122.
Clasification
Genus: Nothobranchius
Subgenus: Adiniops
Group: guentheri
Geographical Distribution
Maps
Tanzania
Type locality:Tanzania: lower Matandu drainage: Zinga system: ephemeral
pool, about 9 km southeast of Njinjo township (08°51’09” S, 38°57’14” E).
In lower Matandu river drainage, eastern Tanzania.
- 9 km S.E. Njinjo, S.E. Tanzania * [8.853 S : 38.954 E] Nikiforov et al.,
2017 | Nagy et al., 2021
- 32 km S.W. Njinjo, S.E. Tanzania [9.044 S : 38.773 E] Nikiforov et al.,
2017 | Nagy et al., 2021
Locations/codes
TTKSN 17-02,
TTKSN 17-03
Notes
Status specie: Not unanimously confirmed.
Very prolific species in captivity. Morphologically very close to N.eggersi,
however, such a metallic color, especially in population 2, I have not
seen it in any eggersi.
Bibliography
Related:
Merwe, P.D.W. van der, F.P.D. Cotterill, M. Kandziora, B.R. Watters, B. Nagy, T.
Genade, T.J. Flügel, D.S. Svendsen & D.U. Bellstedt. 2020. Genomic
Fingerprints of Palaeogeographic History: The tempo and mode of Rift
tectonics across tropical Africa has shaped the diversification of the killifish
genus Nothobranchius (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Molecular
Phylogenetics and Evolution (Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.), 158, 106988, (online 13
October 2020, print May 2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106988
[nikiforovi N.: Gen/Sys/as cf. eggersi]
Nagy, Watters & Raspopova, 2021
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