DesDescriptioncription
The Nothobranchius Species from Uganda, with Description of a
new polymorphic Species (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae).
Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 5 (3), (1994): 199, figs. 5-7.
Clasification
Genus: Nothobranchius
Subgenus: Zonothobranchius.
Group: ugandensis
Geographical Distribution
Maps
Uganda
Locations/codes
Aboke,Busesa,Butiaba, Dokolo,Kalongo, Kamuli, Kumi, Luwero,
Minakulu,Ngobo, Bukoba,Paloga, Soroti…….
Type locality: 1 km west of Busesa, 7 km east of Iganga, right side of
the road Tororo to Jinja, southern Uganda.
Notes
Status specie: accepted by all authors.
In captivity :Standard conditions maintenance in captivity
Related: Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from
the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species
(Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae) (2020).
Béla Nagy, Brian R. Watters, Pieter D. W. van der Merwe, Fenton P. D.
Cotterill and Dirk U. Bellstedt
Abstract:
Members of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group Tanzania
are characterized by a yellow or light blue anal fin with a red-brown
irregular spotted pattern in males.
Nothobranchius albertinensis from the Albert Nile drainage in western
and north-westem Uganda is characterized by a yellow dorsal fin with
stripes in medial part parallel to fin rays; yellow anal fin without
markings; and anal fin positioned anterior to dorsal fin.
Nothobranchius attenboroughi from the Grumeti and other lesser
systems east of Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania is characterized by a
light blue anal fin with red-brown dots proximally and medially, and
becoming yellow distally with narrow red-brown stripes parallel to fin
rays.
Nothobranchius hoermanni from the upper Wembere drainage central
Tanzania characterized by a red throat, light blue anal fin with red-
brown spots and stripes proximally and medially, and with a broad light
blue distal zone without markings; pectoral fin hyaline with red-brown
stripes parallel to fin rays, and exposed branchiostegal membrane red-
brown, with cream distal margin
Nothobranchius itigiensis from the uppermost Ruaha drainage and the
Bahi Swamp area central Tanzania is characterized by a yellow anal fin
with red-brown spots proximally, that merge medially to a pattern
parallel to fin rays and are fused distally to form a marginal band.
Nothobranchius moameensis from the Moame system south of Lake
Victoria in northern Tanzania is characterized by a light blue anal fin
with red-brown dots proximally and medially, and with light blue or
yellow distal zone without markings.
Nothobranchius venustus from south-western Lake Victoria basin in
north-western Tanzania is characterized by a dorsal fin with a narrow
light blue sub distal band and a narrow red-brown to black distal band;
a light blue anal fin with irregular red-brown stripes perpendicular to fin
rays proximally and medially, and orange with red-brown stripes
parallel to fin rays in distal zone.
Ichthyologica Exploration of Freshwaters, IEF-1129, pp. 1 - 53
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