Nothobranchius lourensi
| Nothobranchius lourensi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Nothobranchius |
| Species: | N. lourensi
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius lourensi Wildekamp, 1977
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Nothobranchius lourensi is a species of fish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is known only from the floodplain of the Ruvu River in eastern Tanzania where it is found in temporary pools,[1] where the type was originally collected by Jan Lourens, a biologist with the United Nations Development Programme in Dar es Salaam and who is honoured in its specific name.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius lourensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61288A47243786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61288A47243786.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nothobranchius lourensi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ 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 7 September 2019.
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