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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