DesDescriptioncription
Wildekamp, R.H. 1977. Zur Identifikation von Nothobranchius
guentheri und N. palmqvisti, zwei Saisonfische aus Kenia und
Tansania, mit der Beschreibung von N. steinforti sp. nov. D.K.G.
(Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 9 (3): 33, fig.
Clasification
Genus: Nothobranchius
Subgenus: Zonothobranchius.
Geographical Distribution
Maps
Tanzania
Type locality:8 km from (south of) Kimamba, road Morogoro-Kimamba,
Tanzania. 6.767 S : 37.183 E
6.767 S : 37.183 E
Extension: known only from type area
Locations/codes
Kimamba T 76-4
Notes
Status specie: Unanimously confirmed.
Species only collected once in 1976. Since then it has been kept in
captivity without apparent degeneration due to inbreeding.
Species that are easy to maintain in standard conditions (see article)
and have good results spawning in group. The eggs have one of the
shortest incubation periods in the Genus. They can be ready to be born
in just over a month if the temperature is above 23 degrees. Very prone
to Oodinium as all Nothobranchius.
Bibliography
Related:
Seegers, L. 1982a. Farbtupfer aus Ostafrika. Prachtgrundkärpflinge. 3. Die
übrige Nothobranchius-Arten des tansanischen Küstentieflandes. Aquarien
Magazin, 16 (8): 492-500, 15 figs., map. [steinforti N.: Sys/Pat]
Wildekamp 1977
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