Nothobranchius kirki

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
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species: Nothobranchius kirki

Name

Nothobranchius kirki Jubb, 1969

Holotype: AMG P994. Paratypes: AMG P995 [incl. AMG P784] (9).

Type locality: Malawi, Pool adjacent to Likangala River which forms part of Lake Chilwa endoreic drainage basin, 15°40'S, 35°30'E.

References

• 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): 1–11.
• Ng'oma, E., Valdesalici, S., Reichwald, K. & Cellerino, A. 2012. Genetic and morphological studies of Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes) from Malawi with description of Nothobranchius wattersi sp. nov. Journal of Fish Biology 82(1): 165–188. DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12001 Reference page. 
• Valdesalici, S., Bills, R., Dorn, A., Reichwald, K. & Cellerino, A. 2012. Nothobranchius niassa (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from northern Mozambique. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 23(1): 19-28. Reference page. 

Links

• Nothobranchius kirki in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 1, 2014.
• Nothobranchius kirki in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Nothobranchius kirki – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN: Nothobranchius kirki Jubb, 1969 (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Kirks Prachtfundulus
English: Redfin notho
suomi: Tuliviuhkapyrstö
中文: 柯氏假鰓鮰