Splendid common sardines

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Splendid common sardines
Nothobranchius rachovii, adult male

Nothobranchius rachovii , adult male

Systematics
Ovalentaria
Superordinate : Earfish relatives (Atherinomorphae)
Order : Toothpies (Cyprinodontiformes)
Subordination : Aplocheiloidei
Family : Nothobranchiidae
Genre : Splendid common sardines
Scientific name
Nothobranchius
Peters , 1868

The Prachtgrundkärpflinge ( Nothobranchius ) are a genus of the family Nothobranchiidae . The name is derived from the Greek words nothos = "false" and branchion = "gills".

habitat

The genus is native to East Africa. The individual types have z. Sometimes a very small distribution area, which could also be due to the inadequate systematic research. All species colonize ponds and ponds in the savannah that form in the rainy season and almost always dry out in the dry season . These are seasonal fish that only have a short life expectancy of less than a year in nature. Under standard conditions as a laboratory animal, different species can be significantly older than 12 months.

Appearance

Prachtgrundkärpflinge have a stocky body shape, the body is particularly high and brawny with the males. The fish are only 4–7 cm tall. The genus includes extremely colorful species.

species

Nothobranchius furzeri
Nothobranchius eggersi , male
Nothobranchius eggersi , female
Nothobranchius eggersi , young fish, 3.5 weeks old
Nothobranchius kilomberoensis , male
Nothobranchius korthausae , male
Nothobranchius orthonotus , male above, female below
Nothobranchius palmqvisti , male

Nothobranchius taeniopygus species group

Nothobranchius ugandensis species group

Individual evidence

  1. Profile of the German Killifisch Society ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dkg.killi.org
  2. Alejandro Lucas-Sánchez, Pedro Francisco Almaida-Pagán, Pilar Mendiola and Jorge de Costa: Nothobranchius as a model for aging studies. A review. Aging Dis. 2014 Aug; 5 (4): 281-291, Dec. 2013. doi: 10.14336 / AD.2014.0500281
  3. Hans J. Mayland: Freshwater Aquarium. Falken Verlag, Niedernhausen 1985, ISBN 3-8068-4191-8 , p. 205.
  4. Stefano Valdesalici : A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal area of ​​northeastern Mozambique, in: Zootaxa (1587), 2007, p. 61-68.
  5. Brian R. Watters, Béla Nagy, Pieter DW van der Merwe, Fenton PD Cotterill and Dirk U. Bellstedt: Review of the Nothobranchius taeniopygus species group from central and western Tanzania with descriptions of five new species and redescription of Nothobranchius taeniopygus (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Frehwaters, July 2019, DOI: 10.23788 / IEF-1110
  6. Béla Nagy, Brian R. Watters, Pieter DW van der Merwe, Fenton PD Cotterill and Dirk U. Bellstedt: Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae) . Ichthyological Exploration of Frehwaters, IEF-1129: [1-53]. April 2020. DOI: 10.23788 / IEF-1129

Web links

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