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Nothobranchius korthausae

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Species of fish

Nothobranchius korthausae
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species: N. korthausae
Binomial name
Nothobranchius korthausae
Meinken, 1973

Nothobranchius korthausae is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is endemic to Mafia Island in Tanzania. Its natural habitat is pools, ditches and small streams. The specific name of this species honours the German aquarist Edith Korthaus who collected the type.

Female N. korthausae with male in background

References

  1. ^ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius korthausae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60308A47182634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60308A47182634.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nothobranchius korthausae". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. 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 5 September 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Nothobranchius korthausae


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