DesDescriptioncription
Valdesalici, S. & R. H. Wildekamp. 2004A new species of the genus
Nothobranchius Peters, 1868, from the Lufwa River Basin, Katanga
Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Pisces,
Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae). Ann. Mus. Civ. Storia Naturale
(Genova), 96: 241, figs
Clasification
Genus: Nothobranchius
Subgenus: Zonothobranchius.
Group: brieni
Geographical Distribution
Maps
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Type locality: Kanvungwe, in the Lufwa river floodplain, Katanga Province,
09°28.66' S, 27°17.08' E.
Others places:
- Lwipa, in the Lwipa river floodplain, S.E. Zaïre [9.140 S : 27.327 E]
Batechi et al., 2002 | Valdsalici & Wdkp, 2004
- Kanjingi, in the Kanjingi river floodplain, S.E. Zaïre [9.199 S : 27.282 E]
Batechi et al., 2002 | Valdsalici & Wdkp, 2004
Extension:
known only from few spots in the Lufwa river system
Locations/codes
Bunkeya (DRCH 08-10)
Kasamaba River (DRCH 08-9)
Bunkeya (CD 13-8)
Notes
Status specie: accepted by all authors.
In captivity :It was relatively common in the hobby but has not been
recaptured and is currently rare. It presents a high variability in its
coloration, at least in the Bunkeya population. It is not especially prolific.
Otherwise, its maintenance conditions do not seem to differ much from the
rest of the majority of Nothobranchius. See article.
Bibliography
Wood, T. 2012. Colour Polymorphism Occurrence in the Genus
Nothobranchius. Journal of the American Killifish Association (J. Amer.
Killifish Assoc., JAKA), 45 (3): 80-88, 12 figs. [hassoni N.: Pat/phases]
Dorn, A., Z. Musilova, M. Platzer, K. Reichwald & A. Cellerino. 2014. The
strange Case of East African annual fish: Aridification correlates with
Diversification for a Savannah aquatic Group? BMC Evolutionary Biology,
14: 210-235, figs., tabs., suppl. [hassoni N.: Sys/Gen]
Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2004
