Nagy, B., B.R. Watters, P.D.W. van der Merwe, F.P.D. Cotterill & D.U.
Bellstedt. 2020. Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species
group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions
of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyol. Explor.
Freshwaters, 30 (1): 41, figs. 10-11.
Diagnosis: Nothobranchius hoermanni belongs to the N.
ugandensis species group presenting the following combination of
characters in males: body colouration light blue with red to red-
brown scale margins; frontal part of head red-brown and throat
light blue or red; caudal fin uniform red; anal fin light blue or
yellow with red-brown spotted pattern (Ref. 123150).
Nothobranchius hoermanni differs from all other members of the
N. ugandensis species group by a red throat; light blue anal fin
with red-brown spots and stripes proximally and medially, and
broad light blue distal zone without markings; pectoral fin hyaline
with red-brown stripes parallel to fin rays; exposed branchiostegal
membrane red-brown, with cream distal margin; suborbital depth
28% of head length vs. 19-27%