Nothobranchiidae

Nothobranchius rachovii ♂

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Subfamiliae: Epiplatinae – Nothobranchiinae

Name

Nothobranchiidae Garman, 1895

Type genus: Nothobranchius Peters, 1868

References

Primary references

• Garman, S. 1895. The cyprinodonts. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19 (pt 1): 1–179, Pls. 1–12. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Costa, W.J.E.M. 2004. Relationships and redescription of Fundulus brasiliensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with description of a new genus and notes on the classification of the Aplocheiloidei. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 15(2): 105–120. Reference page. 
• Costa, W.J.E.M. 2013. Historical biogeography of aplocheiloid killifishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Vertebrate Zoology 63(2): 139–154 PDF. Reference page. 
• Dubois, A. 2008. A family-series nomen based on a junior synonym is not thereby made invalid: the case of Adamansini Huber, 2007 (Cyprinotontiformes, Nothobranchiidae). Zootaxa 1757: 66–68.
• Huber, J.H. 2005. A review of family-group names for oviparous Cyprinodontiformes (Pisces; Teleostei). British Killifish Association, Separatum Oct. 2005: 1–16. Reference page. 
• Myers, G.S. 1924. A new poeciliid fish from the Congo, with remarks on funduline genera. American Museum Novitates No. 116: 1–9. PDF. Reference page. 
• Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. (eds) 2016. Fishes of the World, 5th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N. J. v–xli + 1–707. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Reference page. 
• Sonnenberg, R. & Busch, E. 2009. Description of a new genus and two new species of killifish (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from West Africa, with a discussion of the taxonomic status of Aphyosemion maeseni Poll, 1941. Zootaxa 2294: 1–22. Abstract & excerpt (PDF)
• Wainwright, P.C., Smith, W.L., Price, S.A., Tang, K.L., Ferry, L.A., Sparks, J.S. & Near, T.J. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond. Systematic biology 61(6): 1001–1027. (PDF) DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys060 Reference page. 
• Huber, J.H. 2022. Current pyramidal list of family-group names (FGN) with included (sub)genera. Online.

Links

• Killi-Data online
• Nothobranchiidae in the World Register of Marine Species
• Nothobranchiidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Genera of Nothobranchiidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Nothobranchiidae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Aplocheilinae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

English: African rivulines
українська: Нотобранхові