Jubb, 1969
DesDescriptioncription
Jubb, R. A. 1969. The Nothobranchius (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) of
southern Africa and a new species from Lake Chilwa, Malawi.
Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History), 8 (1): 1–9.
Clasification
Genus: Nothobranchius
Subgenus: Adiniops.
Geographical Distribution
Maps
Malawi; Moçambique
Type locality: pool adjacent to Likangala river which forms part of Lake
Chilwa endoreic drainage basin, Malawi. (15°40' S, 35°30' E)
Another places:
- 35km E. Nselema (MW91/16), Malawi [14.733 S : 35.783 E] Watters
et al., 1991 | Huber, 1996a
- 5km W. of N.end Lake Chiuta (MW88/9), Malawi [14.733 S : 35.817 E]
Watters, 1988 | Watters, 1991
- 23km E. Zomba (MW88/10), Malawi [15.400 S : 35.533 E] Watters,
1988 | Watters, 1991
Locations/codes
Notes
Status specie: accepted by all authors.
Discoverer(s): R.G. Kirk, July 21. 1966.
In captivity :
The species listed as N. kirki by Bills (2004) has been described as a new
species, N. niassa, by Valdesalici (2012).
Some old references to populations of N.Kirki and aff kirki are currently
N. wattersi.
Long incubation time of eggs (more than 5 months). I keep this species
with a water hardness higher than most other Nothobranchius. They
also bear worse temperatures below 22 degrees Celsius.
Bibliography
Kirk, R.G. 1967. The Fishes of Lake Chilwa. The Society of Malawi Journal, 20:
20-48, figs. [kirki N.: Coll/as sp.]
Vermaak, J. 1984. Collecting Nothobranchius in Malawi. British Killifish
Association (B.K.A.), Killi News, 226: 154-160. [kirki N.: Coll/Eco]
Ngoma, E., S. Valdesalici, K. Reichwald & A. Cellerino. 2013. Genetic and
morphological Studies of Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes) from Malawi
with Description of Nothobranchius wattersi sp. nov. Journal of Fish Biology
(J. Fish Biol.), 82 (1): 165-188, 5 figs., 6 tabs. [kirki N.: Sys/Gen/restricted
definition]
