Watters, Wildekamp & idlovskiy, 2015
DesDescriptioncription
Watters, B.R., R.H. Wildekamp & K.M. Shidlovskiy. 2015. Description
and Biogeography of Nothobranchius capriviensis, a new species of
annual killifish from the Zambezi Region of Namibia
(Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Journal of the American
Killifish Association (J. Amer. Killifish Assoc., JAKA), 47 (4-6)
(December 2014): 102, figs. 2-8.
Clasification
Genus: Nothobranchius
Subgenus: Zonothobranchius.
Group: brieni
Geographical Distribution
Maps
Type locality: Sakamanduna Pan, Gunkwe district, eastern Zambezi
region, about 16 (airline) km directly south of Katima Mulilo (23 km by road)
on road to Linyanti via Gunkwe, (eastern) Namibia.17°38.65’ S, 24°17.66’ E
Restricted range of distribution, confined to eastern part of Zambezi Region
(formerly Caprivi Strip) of Namibia, and situated between Zambezi river to
the north and Chobe river to the south.
Locations/codes
Sakamanduna NA 95-1
Salambala (NA 07-1)
Notes
Discoverer(s): B.C.W. van der Waal, August 1973 (for the type, J. Ippel
and J. Bornman, December 18. 2001).
Status specie: Accepted by all authors.
In captivity :Relatively difficult species to maintain. No very prolific.
Variability: Moderate
Bibliography
Watters, B.R. & T. Wood. 1996. A Search of Nothobranchius
species in central southern Africa. British Killifish Association
(B.K.A.), Killi News, 368: 62-71. [capriviensis N.: Coll/Eco/as sp.
Caprivi]
Wildekamp, R.H. 1978b. Redescription of Nothobranchius brieni
Poll, 1938 and the Description of three new Nothobranchius
Species (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) from the Province of Shaba,
Zaïre. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique africaines (Rev. Zool.
Bot. Afr.), 92: 341-354, figs. 1-3, tab. [capriviensis N.: Sys/as sp.
Chobe river]
Tweddle, D., B.C.W. van der Waal & R.A. Peel. 2015. Distribution
and Migration of the Caprivi killifish, Nothobranchius capriviensis
Watters, Wildekamp & Shidlovskiy 2015, an Assessment of its
Conservation Status, and a Note on other killifish in the same
Area. Journal of the American Killifish Association (J. Amer.
Killifish Assoc., JAKA), 47 (4-6) (December 2014): 134-151, 15
figs., 2 tabs. [capriviensis N.: Eco/Dis]
