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> Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Nothobranchius: Greek, nothos = false + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

; eau douce benthopélagique; non migrateur. Tropical

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Africa: disjunct distribution in the Nile system in Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia (Ref. 82677).

Length at first maturity / Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: L_m 3.3, range 3 - 3.9 cm
Max length : 5.5 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 27139)

Inhabits temporary pools and channels in and around foothills of the Nuba mountains and bordering the Sudd wetland; feeds on cladocerans, copepods, ostracods and insects (Ref. 28714). Annual species; eggs resist desiccation during dry season (Ref. 97278). Bottom spawner, 3-6 months incubation (Ref. 27139). Sexual maturity reached in 5 weeks (Ref. 59344).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves

Annual fishes.

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Huber, J.H., 1996. Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

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Nothobranchius virgatus Chambers, 1984