Nothobranchius orthonotus

Taxonavigation[edit]

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 orthonotus

Name[edit]

Nothobranchius orthonotus Peters, 1844

Lectotype: ZMB 4754. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1861.5.2.88-89 (2); FMNH 54289 [CM 2920] (1); ZMB 6873 (5), 21481 (10), 31526 [ex ZMB 4754] (2). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:31.

Type locality: Quelimane, eastern Mozambique, 17°45'S, 36°50"E.

Synonyms[edit]

Cyprinodon orthonotus Peters, 1844
- Fundulus orthonotus (Peters, 1844)
Hydrargyra maculata Peters, 1845
- Nothobranchius maculatus (Peters, 1845)
Adiniops troemneri Myers, 1926
- Nothobranchius troemneri (Myers, 1926)
Fundulus mkuziensis Fowler, 1934
- Nothobranchius mkuziensis (Fowler, 1934)
Nothobranchius mayeri Ahl, 1935

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Peters, W. 1844: Über einige neue Fische und Amphibien aus Angola und Mozambique. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1844: 32–37. Reference page.

Links[edit]

Cyprinodon orthonotus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on July 20, 2014.
Nothobranchius orthonotus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Nothobranchius orthonotus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Nothobranchius orthonotus (Peters, 1844), CLOFFA
IUCN: Nothobranchius orthonotus (Spotted Killifish) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names[edit]

Afrikaans: Spikkel-kuilvissie
English: Spotted killifish
suomi: Helmiäisviuhkapyrstö
中文: 直背假鰓鮰