Mnanzini nothobranch
| Mnanzini nothobranch | |
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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. willerti
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius willerti Wildekamp, 1992
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The Mnanzini nothobranch (Nothobranchius willerti) is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is endemic to Kenya where it occurs on the floodplains of the lower Tana River system where it is found in temporary waterbodies and connecting streams.[1] The specific name honours the German aquarist Manfred Willert who helped to collect the type and who donated it to Rudolf Hans Wildekamp[3] who describe the species in 1992.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius willerti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60441A47189377. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60441A47189377.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Nothobranchius willerti" in 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 9 September 2019.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nothobranchius willerti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
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