Nothobranchius microlepis

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 microlepis

Name

Nothobranchius microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897)

• Lectotypes: MSNG 15163 (52.4 mm SL). Paralectotypes: MSNG 15163 (19). Type catalog: Tortonese 1963:313.
• Type locality: Between Brava and Lugh, at foot of Mt. Egherta, southern Somalia, 2°20'N, 43°20'E.

Synonymy

• Fundulus microlepis Vinciguerra, 1897
• Fundulopanchax microlepis Vinciguerra, (1897)

References

• Vinciguerra, D. 1897. Pesci raccolti dal Cap. V. Bottego durante la sua seconda spedizione nelle regioni dei Somali e dei Galla. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova (Serie 2) 17: 343–364. Reference page. 

Selected links

• Nothobranchius microlepis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 21, 2014.
• Nothobranchius microlepis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Nothobranchius microlepis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Nothobranchius microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897), CLOFFA
• IUCN: Nothobranchius microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Small scaled nothobranch
suomi: Suomuviuhkapyrstö
中文: 小鱗假鰓鮰