Nothobranchius bojiensis

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 bojiensis

Name

Nothobranchius bojiensis Wildekamp & Haas, 1992

• Holotype: BMNH 1957.11.22.5. Paratype: BMNH 1957.11.22.6-19 (14), 1957.11.22.20-54 (35).
• Type locality: Waterholes on a journey across the Boji plains, on the way to Merti, about 1°30'N, 39°10'E, Kenya, elevation 100–130 meters.

References

Wildekamp & Haas 1992: Redescription of Nothobranchius microlepis, description of two new species from northern Kenya and southern Somalia, and note on the status of Paranothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 3(1): 1–16.

Selected links

• Nothobranchius bojiensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on April 18, 2014.
• Nothobranchius bojiensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Nothobranchius bojiensis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• IUCN: Nothobranchius bojiensis  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Boji Plains Nothobranch