DesDescriptioncription
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%
Clasification
Genus: Nothobranchius
Subgenus: Zonothobranchius.
Group: ugandensis
Geographical Distribution
Maps
Tanzania
Type locality:between Tabora and Itigi, upper Wembere river drainage,
Mhwala river system, Tanzania.05°18'14" S, 33°26'04" E.
Locations/codes
Mhwale River TAN 03-10,,
Bumburi (TZHK 18-03),
Notes
Discoverer(s): Werner Krammer, April 29. 2018
Status specie: Not unanimously confirmed
Maintenance in captivity: Difficult to differentiate morphologically from
N.ugandensis with which it maintains many similarities in its maintenance
and breeding. However, it is currently rare in the hobby.
Variability: Scarce
Bibliography
Related:
Krysanov, E. Y., B. Nagy, B. R. Watters, A. Sember & S. A. Simanovsky. 2023.
Karyotype differentiation in the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group
(Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes), seasonal fishes from the east African inland
plateau, in the context of phylogeny and biogeography. Comparative
Cytogenetics, 17 (1): 13–29. [chromosomes]
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). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters
(Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters), 30 (1): 21-73. [hoermanni N.:
@Nothobranchius hoermanni/Sys/Mor/Gen/Coll/Eco/Pat/Dis]
Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020
