bellemansi

DesDescriptioncription

Nothobranchius bellemansi and Nothobranchius occultus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) two new annual killifish from Sudan. Killi-Data Series 2014, 7, fig. 3. Abstract: Two new species of annual killifish, Nothobranchius bellemansi and Nothobranchius occultus, are described from specimens collected in seasonal waters of southern Kordofan State in Sudan. Males Nothobranchius bellemansi are similar to Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus by presence of a broad light blue submarginal stripe and black marginal stripe on unpaired fins, but are distinguished by a deeper body, shorter head and by having the median portion of unpaired fins spotted, females are separated by a pattern of very small red spots on unpaired fins. Nothobranchius occultus is considered to be closely related to N. virgatus due to similarities in head profile, snout ventral profile and pelvic fin shape, and is distinguished from all other congeners by males with long pelvic fins and completely dark red brown body and fins in preserved specimens. Additionally a lectotype for Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus is designated.

Clasification

Genus: Nothobranchius Subgenus: Zonothobranchius. Group: rubroreticulatus

Geographical Distribution Maps

Type locality: Wad el Mileisa, Southern Kordofan, (southeatsren) Sudan. It is known only from the type locality. - Wad Um Mileisa, S.E. southern Kordofan state, S. Sudan * [10.762 N : 31.121 E] Bellemans, 1999 | Valdesalici, 2014

Locations/codes

Wad el Mileisa,

Notes

Status specie: Not recognized by all authors Discoverer(s): Marc Bellemans, December 1999 Unknown captive maintenance

Bibliography

Watters, B.R. 2005. Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus Blache and Miton, 1960. Journal of the American Killifish Association (J. Amer. Killifish Assoc., JAKA), 38 (6), 206-208, figs. [bellemansi N.: Pat/Coll/as aff. rubroreticulatus] Bellemans, M. 2003. A new Nothobranchius from the Sudan. Provisional Description of N. nubaensis n.sp. British Killifish Association Publication, Separatum, 1-8, 3 figs, 1 map. [bellemansi N.: Coll/Sys/Dis/as aff. rubroreticulatus]