Nothobranchius Peters 1868
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SUBGENUS NOTHOBRANCHIUS PETERS, 1868
Synonyms: None.
Type species: Cyprinodon orthonotus Peters, 1844. By original designation.
Diagnosis: Well-developed lateral flap on proximal region of fourth ceratobranchial [68.0] (vs. flap rudimentary or absent).
Included taxa: The subgenus Nothobranchius includes the following species: N. furzeri Jubb, 1971, N. kadleci Reichard, 2010, Nothobranchius krysanovi Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010, Nothobranchius kuhntae Ahl, 1926, Nothobranchius mayeri Ahl, 1935, Nothobranchius mkuziensis (Fowler, 1934), Nothobranchius orthonotus (Peters, 1844), Nothobranchius pienaari Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010 and Nothobranchius rachovii Ahl, 1926. The poorly known N. mkuziensis is probably a valid species closely related to N. rachovii. Nothobranchius kuhntae has been considered a synonym of N. orthonotus (e.g. Wildekamp, 2004; Vrtilek & Reichard, 2016). The exact type locality of N. kuhntae is unknown, and the present examination of type material of N. orthonotus and N. kuhntae did not provide any morphological evidence that they are different species. However, further investigation involving a detailed morphological analysis is necessary to confirm this synonymy. On the other hand, N. mayeri Ahl, 1935 also considered as a synonym of N. orthonotus (e.g. Wildekamp et al., 1986), probably is a valid species, differing from the latter species by a different dentition, as revealed through examination of type specimens.
Distribution: River basins of central and southern Mozambique, and adjacent areas in Malawi, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Peters
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Genus
- Nothobranchius
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nothobranchius Peters, 1868 sec. Costa, 2018
References
- Peters WCH. 1868. Uber eine neue Untergattung (Peronymus) der Flederthiere und uber neue Gattungen und Arten von Fischen. Monatsberichte der Koniglichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin 1868: 145-148.
- Shidlovskiy KM, Watters BR, Wildekamp RH. 2010. Notes on the annual killifish species Nothobranchius rachovii (Cyprinodontiformes; Nothobranchiidae) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 2724: 37-57.
- Wildekamp RH. 2004. A world of killies: atlas of the oviparous cyprinodontiform fishes of the world, vol. 4. Elyria: The American Killifish Association.
- Vrtilek M, Reichard M. 2016. Patterns of morphological variation among populations of the widespread annual killifish Nothobranchius orthonotus are independent of genetic divergence and biogeography. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 54: 289-298.
- Wildekamp RH, Romand R, Scheel JJ. 1986. Rivulinae. In: Daget J, Gosse JP, Thys van den Audenaerde, eds. Check-list of freshwater fishes of Africa / Catalogue des poisons d'eau douce d'Afrique, Vol. 2. Brussels: ISNB, 195-276.