Nothobranchius annectens

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 annectens

Name

Nothobranchius annectens Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998

Holotype: MRAC 97-82-P-22. Paratypes MRAC 97-82-P-23-26 (4).

Type locality: 5.5 kilometers south of Kitonga, pool in a ditch on western side of the road from Rufiji River Ferry, in Rufiji River floodplain, Tanzania.

Only known from three restricted locations. Restricted distribution makes it more vulnerable to local habitat degradation. [IUCN, 2006]

References

• Watters, B.R., Wildekamp, R.H. & Cooper, B.J. 1998. Zwei neue Nothobranchius-Arten aus der Küstenebene Tansanias. Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal 30(3): 52–63. Reference page. 

Links

• Nothobranchius annectens in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 17, 2014.
• Nothobranchius annectens in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Nothobranchius annectens – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN: Nothobranchius annectens  (Vulnerable)