Blue notho | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
Genus: | Nothobranchius |
Species: | N. patrizii |
Binomial name | |
Nothobranchius patrizii (Vinciguerra, 1927) | |
Synonyms | |
Fundulus patrizii Vinciguerra, 1927 |
The blue notho, or Patrizi's notho (Nothobranchius patrizii) is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is found in Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitat is running water. The males are usually around 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in). In the aquarium the females lay their eggs on bottom peat. This species was described as Fundulus patrizii by Decio Vinciguerra in 1927 with a type locality of the Harenaga swamps, near mouth of the Juba River in southern Somalia. Vinciguerra gave this fish the specific name of patrizii in honour of the collector of the type Saverio Patrizi Naro Montoro (1902-1957), an Italian explorer, zoologist and speleologist.
References
- ^ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius patrizii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60440A47189318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60440A47189318.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nothobranchius patrizii". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- "Nothobranchius patrizii". killi.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Fundulus patrizii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Nothobranchius patrizii |
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