Nothobranchius niassa

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
Subgenus: Adiniops
Species: Nothobranchius niassa

Name

Nothobranchius niassa Valdesalici, Bills, Dorn, Reichwald & Cellerino, 2012: 21

• Original genus: Nothobranchius Peters, 1868
• Original status: valid species
• Primary type: holotype
  • Fixation: designated
  • Description: 'male, 27.7 mm SL'
  • Repository: SAIAB 73777
• Type locality: 'Mozambique: Niassa Reserve, Lukombe River drainage: first river crossing the Mbstamila–Mantondovela road, pools in dry river bed; 12°08'17" S 37°32'03" E'
• ZooBank: 939EC94F-A082-4AE4-A947-C8BC25A56000

References

• 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.  [See p. 21, and figs. 1-2]