Nothobranchius lucius

Nothobranchius lucius

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 lucius

Name

Nothobranchius lucius (Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009)

• Holotype: MRAC A7-01-P-9. Paratypes: MRAC A7-02-P-10-25 (16), 98-008-P-0007-0012 (6).
• Type locality: Large pool on west side of road between Ifakara and the Kilombero River ferry, 2 killometers south of Ifakara, 1 killometer north of Kilombero River, 8°10.30'S, 36°41.54'E, Tanzania.

References

Primary references

• Costa, W.J.E.M. 2017. Redescription of Nothobranchius lucius and description of a new species from Mafia Island, eastern Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(1): 35–44. DOI: 10.3897/zse.93.11041 Reference page. 
• Wildekamp, R.H.; Shidlovskiy, K.M.; Watters, B.R. 2009: Systematics of the Nothobranchius melanospilus species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) with description of two new species from Tanzania and Mozambique. Ichthyological exploration of freshwaters 20(3): 237–254. First page (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Nothobranchius lucius in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 19, 2014.
• Nothobranchius lucius in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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