Nothobranchius (Peters, 1868) (94 Arten)

Nothobranchius albertinensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius albimarginatus (Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998)

Zwei neue Nothobranchius-Arten aus der Küstenebene Tansanias. {D.K.G. (Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 30 (3): 52-63, 14 figs., 2 tabs.} 

Type locality: Kiparanganda, on road B2 Dar es Salaam-Ikwiriri, 500 m south of Lukwale river, Tanzania.

Nothobranchius angelae  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019 

Nothobranchius annectens (Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998)

Zwei neue Nothobranchius-Arten aus der Küstenebene Tansanias. {D.K.G. (Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 30 (3): 52-63, 14 figs.,

Type locality: 5.5 km south of Kitonga on the road from the Rufiji ferry to Nyamwage, Tanzania.

Nothobranchius attenboroughi  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, 30 (1): 36, figs. 7-8.Abstract:Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)Béla Nagy, Brian R. Watters, Pieter D. W. van der Merwe, Fenton P. D. Cotterill and Dirk U. BellstedtThe Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda is reviewed. Members of this group are characterized in males by the combination of characters of a light blue body coloration with red to red-brown scale margins; a frontal part of head red-brown; throat light blue or red; a uniform red or yellow caudal fin; and a light blue or yellow anal fin with red-brown spotted pattern. Six new species are identified, to raise total species richness to eleven. Nothobranchius albertinensis, Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, new species, from the Albert Nile drainage in western and north-western Uganda, is characterized by a yellow dorsal fin with stripes in medial part parallel to fin rays; yellow anal fin without markings; and anal fin positioned anterior to dorsal fin. Nothobranchius attenboroughi Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, new species, from the Grumeti and other lesser systems east of Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania, is characterized by a light blue anal fin with red-brown dots proximally and medially, and becoming yellow distally with narrow red-brown stripes parallel to fin rays. Nothobranchius hoermanni Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, new species, from the upper Wembere drainage in central Tanzania, is characterized by a red throat; light blue anal fin with red-brown spots and stripes proximally and medially, and with a broad light blue distal zone without markings; pectoral fin hyaline with red-brown stripes parallel to fin rays; and exposed branchiostegal membrane red-brown, with cream distal margin. Nothobranchius itigiensis Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, new species, from the uppermost Ruaha drainage and the Bahi Swamp area in central Tanzania, is characterized by a yellow anal fin with red-brown spots proximally, that merge medially to a pattern parallel to fin rays and are fused distally to form a marginal band. Nothobranchius moameensis Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, new species, from the Moame system south of Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania, is characterized by a light blue anal fin with red-brown dots proximally and medially, and with light blue or yellow distal zone without markings. Nothobranchius venustus Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, new species, from lesser systems in south-western Lake Victoria basin in north-western Tanzania, is characterized by a dorsal fin with a narrow light blue subdistal band and a narrow red-brown to black distal band; a light blue anal fin with irregular red-brown stripes perpendicular to fin rays proximally and medially, and orange with red-brown stripes parallel to fin rays in distal zone. The species group on the inland plateau in eastern Africa also includes N. derhami, N. kardashevi,N. streltsovi, N. torgashevi and N. ugandensis; furthermore N. nubaensis from southern Sudan and western Ethiopia is also included. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequences of their mitochondrial ND2 and COI, and nuclear Glyt, MyH6 and SNX33 gene sequences supports the genetic distinction of the six new species and confirms their position, together with all known members in the N. ugandensis species group

Locations/codes

Nata (TAN 93-4)Nata (TAN 93-3) Mugeta TAN 93-17 Motukeri (TAN 00-1) Nata TAN 00-2 Mugeta K11-18 Nata (TZHW 15-06) Mugeta TAN 17-13 Nata (TAN 17-15) Mugeta (TZHK 18-13) Mugeta TZN 19-15

Subgenus: Zonothobranchius.

Nothobranchius attenboroughi "Mugeta TAN 1993-17"

Nothobranchius balamaensis Bragança & Chakona, in Bellstedt, Merwe, Cotterill, Watters & Chakona, 2022

Zootaxa, 5174 (5): 508-524, Abb.

Nothobranchius balamaensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from northern Mozambique

Bragança et al. 2022. Zootaxa.

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5174.5.2

Abstract

A new seasonal killifish of the genus Nothobranchius is described from the Montepuez River system in northern Mozambique. The new species, Nothobranchius balamaensis Bragança & Chakona, is differentiated from congeners by its characteristic colour pattern and molecular data further support its taxonomic distinctiveness. Phylogenetic results based on two mitochondrial and three nuclear genes confirms N. balamaensis is closely related to N. kirki and N. wattersi; all three belonging to the Coastal-Inland Clade. The new species is most similar in colour pattern to N. kirki sharing the characteristic of a deep red-orange colouration in the basal, proximal, and medial zones of the caudal and anal fins that grades to orange in the distal zone. This is a key feature that distinguishes these two species from all other Nothobranchius. The main distinguishing features between the new species and N. kirki is the presence of a light blue to white band or series of irregular markings in the proximal zone of the anal fin in N. kirki, versus the absence of such a colour pattern element in N. balamaensis, as well as differences in the dorsal fin pattern. When compared to all population groups of N. wattersi, the colour pattern of N. balamaensis is distinctive. Nothobranchius balamaensis is a relatively slender member of the genus, a characteristic that clearly distinguishes it from both N. kirki and N. wattersi. Nothobranchius balamaensis is currently only known from a few specimens from the type locality.   INFO

Nothobranchius bellemansi (Valdesalici, 2014)

Nothobranchius bellemansi and Nothobranchius occultus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) two new annual killifish from Sudan. Killi-Data Ser. 2014:4-19.

Type locality:  southern Kordofan in Sudan

Abstract: Two new species of annual killifish, Nothobranchius bellemansi and Nothobranchius occultus, are described from specimens collected in seasonal waters of southern Kordofan State in Sudan. Males Nothobranchius bellemansi are similar to Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus by presence of a broad light blue submarginal stripe and black marginal stripe on unpaired fins, but are distinguished by a deeper body, shorter head and by having the median portion of unpaired fins spotted, females are separated by a pattern of very small red spots on unpaired fins. Nothobranchius occultus is considered to be closely related to N. virgatus due to similarities in head profile, snout ventral profile and pelvic fin shape, and is distinguished from all other congeners by males with long pelvic fins and completely dark red brown body and fins in preserved specimens. Additionally a lectotype for Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus is designated.

Nothobranchius bojiensis (Wildekamp & Haas, 1992)

Redescription of Nothobranchius microlepis, Description of two new Species from Northern Kenya and Southern Somalia, and Note on Status of Paranothobranchius.

{Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 3 (1): 1-16, fig.}

Type locality: Boji plains, on the way to Merti (Lak Dera region, subseq.), Kenya, 100-130 m altitude.

Nothobranchius boklundi (Valdesalici, 2010)

Nothobranchius boklundi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae): a new annual killifish with two male colour morphs from the Luangwa River basin, Zambia

Abstract

A new species of an annual killifish, Nothobranchius boklundi, is described based on specimens collected from ephemeral bodies of water in the Luangwa River basin, eastern Zambia. The new species belongs to the Nothobranchius brieni species-group and is distinguished from the other members by different male and female coloration and morphological characters.

Nothobranchius- boklundi "Luangwa-Valley ZAM 2009/2"

Nothobranchius boklundi "CI-2018"

Nothobranchius brieni (Poll, 1938)

Poissons du Katanga (Bassin du Congo), récoltés par le professeur Paul Brien. {Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 30 (4): 389-423, 15 figs.}

Type locality: Bukama, Lualaba river, Zaïre 

Nothobranchius capriviensis (Watters, Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy, 2014)

Watters, B. R., R. H. Wildekamp & K. M. Shidlovskiy. 2014. Description and biogeography of Nothobranchius capriviensis, a new species of annual killifish from the Zambezi Region of Namibia (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Journal of the American Killifish Association, 47 (4-6): 97–133.

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Type locality: Namibia: Sakamanduna Pan, Gunkwe district, eastern Zambezi Region; two shallow seasonal pools on opposite sides of road, about 16 km directly south of Katima Mulilo (23 km by road) on the road to Linyanti via Gunkwe; (17°38.65’S 24°17.66’E).

Nothobranchius capriviensis "Salambala NA 1997-1"

Nothobranchius cardinalis (Watters, Cooper & Wildekamp, 2008)

Description of Nothobranchius cardinalis spec. nov. (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae) an annual fish from the Mbwemkuru River Basin, Tanzania.

Journal of the American Killifish Association 40 (5 & 6): 130-145.

 Type locality: Mbwemkuru River Basin, Tanzania

Nothobranchius cardinalis "KTZ 1985-28"       Location: Kiswere, Tanzania 1985

Nothobranchius chochamandai  (Nagy, 2014)

Nothobranchius chochamandai, a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 25(2):167-183.

Type locality: in the Lufutishi River basin (middle Luapula River drainage, upper Congo River basin) in Democratic Republic of the Congo 

Nothobranchius cooperi  (Nagy, Watters and Bellstedt 2017)

Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes): a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula River drainage, northern Zambia African Journal of Aquatic Science, 42(3): 201–218, 2017

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Nothobranchius cooperi, Nagy, Watters and Bellstedt, new species, is described from seasonal streams and ephemeral pools associated with the upper Mansa River system in the middle Luapula drainage and systems draining into the low-lying area marginal to the southwestern part of Lake Bangweulu, in the Luapula province of northern Zambia. It belongs to the N. brieni species group. Males of Nothobranchius cooperi are distinguished from congeners by the following unique combination of characters: body scales with broad orange posterior margin, forming a highly irregular cross-barred pattern; anal fin fairly uniform orange-red with irregular to regular, light blue-green zone close to the base; caudal peduncle length 1.2–1.3 times its depth; prepelvic length 48.8–51.9% SL; and head depth 75–77% of head length. Genetic divergence of the mitochondrial COI and ND2 genes and nuclear S7 gene support the distinction of the new species from its closest known relative, N. rosenstocki and confirms its position in the N. brieni species group.

Nothobranchius derhami (Valdesalici & Amato, 2019) Nothobranchius derhami (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of seasonal killifish from western Kenya. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology v. 25 (no. 3): 111-124.   Info

Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 25 (3) (August): 111-124, figs.

Abstract

Nothobranchius derhami, new species, is described from seasonal habitats in the Nyando River system, belonging to the Lake Victoria basin, western Kenya. Nothobranchius derhami belongs to the N. ugandensis species group and is distinguished from all other members of the genus by the following characters in males: flank light blue with red scale margins; dorsal portion of the head red, lower jaw light blue; caudal fin plain red; pectoral fin hyaline; anal fin light blue proximally to creamy white distally, with series of red dots; dorsal fin almost red proximally with few white to light blue dots, subdistal white to light blue stripe; dorsal fin with black margin, anal fin with dark red to black margin, 15-17 dorsal and anal fin rays, 27-29 scales in the median lateral series, 10-12 transverse scale rows, and 14-16 circumpeduncular scales. In view of the very restricted distribution of N. derhami, it is suggested that its conservation status according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species guidelines would be Vulnerable (D2).

 Nothobranchius ditte  (Béla Nagy 2018)

Nothobranchius ditte, a new species of annual killifish from the Lake Mweru basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)

(Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 115-134, 10 figs., 4 tabs., January 2018)

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Nothobranchius ditte, new species, is described from seasonal habitats from the Katate River system in the Lake Mweru basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It belongs to the N. brieni species group, which is characterised by male coloration of anal and caudal fins with proximal portion spotted and with subdistal and distal bands. Nothobranchius ditte is distinguished from all other members of the species group by the unique combination of following characters in males: anal and caudal fins with red-brown spots and irregular stripes proximally, with orange subdistal band and dark brown distal band.

Nothobranchius ditte "Kilwa CD 2016-13"

Nothobranchius eggersi (Seegers, 1982)

Nothobranchius eggersi n. sp. aus dem Rufiji-Einzug in Tanzania mit Bemerkungen zum Vorkommen von Nothobranchius melanospilus. Ichthyologische Ergebniss aus Tanzania 1.

Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 96: 539-557, 2 figs., map.

Type locality: left bank of the Ruhoi river, near bridge of Kibiti-Ndundu road, Rufiji river basin (near Utete), eastern Tanzania.

Nothobranchius eggers "rood Ruhoi-river TZH 2018-41"

Nothobranchius elucens (BÉLA NAGY 2021)

Nothobranchius elucens, a new species of seasonal killifish from the upper Nile drainage in Uganda (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae)

Abstract:

Nothobranchius elucens, new species, from a seasonal habitat in the Aringa system of the Achwa River in the upper Nile drainage in northern Uganda, is described. It belongs to the N. rubroreticulatus species group, whose members are characterised by male coloration of anal and caudal fins with slender light blue subdistal band and slender dark distal band. Nothobranchius elucens is distinguished from all other members of the genus by the following characters in males: body colouration golden-grey with brown scale margins creating irregular vertical stripes on trunk; anal fin yellow with brown spots proximally, with slender brown median band, followed by a slender light blue subdistal band and a slender black distal band; caudal fin brown proximally and medially, followed by a slender light blue subdistal band and a slender black distal band; dorsal fin golden with irregular brown stripes and narrow light blue subdistal band and with narrow black distal band. Furthermore, it differs from the closest known relative, N. taiti, also by the morphometric characters of having a smaller head length of 29.5–33.1 % SL; smaller prepectoral length of 31.2–33.9 % SL; greater head depth of 81–87 % HL; greater interorbital width of 43–49 % HL; and greater caudal peduncle length of 145–152 in % of its depth.

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Nothobranchius elongatus (Wildekamp, 1982)

Die Nothobranchius Arten des Küstengebietes Kenias.

Aquar. Terr. Zeit. (D.A.T.Z.), 35 (9): 333-339, 8 figs., map.

Type locality: near Kaioleni, along the Mombasa-Kaioleni road, southern Kenya.

Nothobranchius fasciatus (Wildekamp & Haas, 1992)

Redescription of Nothobranchius microlepis, Description of two new Species from Northern Kenya and Southern Somalia, and Note on Status of Paranothobranchius.

Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 3 (1): 1-16, fig.

Type locality: on the road from Kisimayo over Badada to Kolbio, 2 km from Goba, ca. 107.8 km from Kisimayo, Somalia.

Nothobranchius flagrans (Nagy 2014)

Nothobranchius flagrans, a new species of annual killifish from the Lufira drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae)

Abstract: Nothobranchius flagrans, new species, is described from ephemeral swamps of the Mufufya River, tributary of the Dikuluwe system in the lower Lufira drainage in Katanga province of Democratic Republic of Congo. It is identified as belonging to the N. brieni species-group of which it shows the diagnostic characters in males: caudal and anal fins proximal portion spotted, distal part with light margin or light submarginal band and dark margin; an absence of a dark distal margin on the dorsal fin; an absence of spots on head; and absence of black posterior margin of scales. Nothobranchius flagrans is distinguished from all other species of this species-group by the unique combination of the following characters in males: anal and caudal fins with broad orange-red submarginal band and distinct dark grey distal margin; dorsal fin with red-brown submarginal band and distinct light blue distal margin; prepelvic length 49.5-52.6 % SL; head depth 86-92 % HL; and caudal peduncle length 151-161 % of its depth.

Nothobranchius flammicomantis (Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 1998)

Beschreibung von Nothobranchius flammicomantis (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae).

Aquar. Terr. Zeit. (D.A.T.Z.), 51 (12): 780-784, figs., map.

Type locality: 10 km southwest Dutumi and 17 km northeast Kisaki, Kisaki-Morogoro road, Tanzania.

Nothobranchius foerschi (Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979)

Nothobranchius foerschi spec. nov. ein aquaristisch bekannter, jedoch wissenschaftlich neuer Prachtgrundkärpfling aus Tansania/Ost Afrika (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae).

D.K.G. (Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 11 (11): 145-157, 4 figs. 

Type locality: Soga, near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Nothobranchius foerschi "Soga TAN 1997-47"

Nothobranchius furzeri (Jubb 1971)

A new Nothobranchius (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) from southeastern Rhodesia.

Amer. Killifish Assoc., 8 (1) (1971): 12-19, figs. 1-5, map.} 

Type locality: Sazale Pan, Gona-re-Zhou Game Reserve, Rhodesia (today southeastern Zimbabwe).

Nothobranchius fuscotaeniatus  (Seegers, 1997)

Killifishes of the World. Old World Killis. II. Nothobranchius, Aplocheilus, ¨Pachypanchax, Epiplatys, Diapteron, Aphanius, Valencia.  Aqualog, Mörfenfelder-Walldorf, Band 8: 250 pp., figs.

Type locality: lower Rufiji drainage, ca 2 km south of Ndundu ferry across Rufiji river on road from Nyamwage to Kibiti, Tanzania.

Nothobranchius geminus (Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002)

Two new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae) from the Kilombero River Basin, Tanzania. Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 13 (1): 1-10, 7 figs., 1 tab.

Type locality: 2 km south of Ifakara, east side of road to ferry across Kilombero river, (southern) Tanzania.

Nothobranchius guentheri (PFEFFER, 1893)

Ostafrikanischer Fische gesammelt von Herrn Stuhlmann im Jahre 1888-1889.

Jahrbuch Hamburger Wiss. Anstalt, 10 (2): 1-49.

Type locality: Zanzibar (island).

Nothobranchius güntheri "Sansibar"

Nothobranchius guentheri "Blue"

Nothobranchius hassoni (Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2004)

A new Species of the Genus Nothobranchius Peters, 1868 From The Lufwa River Basin, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Pisces, Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae). {Annali Mus. Civ. Storia Nat., Genova, 96: 241-251, 4 figs., 1 tab.

Type locality: Kanvungwe, in the Lufwa river floodplain, Katanga Province, (southeastern) Zaïre

Nothobranchius hassoni "Mwashya D R CONGO-2010"

Nothobranchius hengstleri (Valdesalici 2007)

A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique

Abstract:  Specimens of a distinctive fish of the genus Nothobranchius were collected from an ephemeral pool, not directly linked to an adjacent river, from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique. These specimens appear to be closely related to Nothobranchius melanospilus, known from eastern Tanzania and southeastern Kenya and to another as-yet undescribed species (Nothobranchius cf. melanospilus) from a geographically contiguous area of southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. The new species (herein described as Nothobranchius hengstleri) is differentiated by several morphological characters, as well as by different male and female color patterns from the above-reported species and all the others members of the Nothobranchius melanospilus species group.

 Nothobranchius hoermanni  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius insularis (Costa 2017)

Costa, W. J. E. M. 2017. Redescription of Nothobranchius lucius and description of a new species from Mafia Island, eastern Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution, 93 (1): 35–44.

Type locality: Tanzania: Mafia Island, approximately 3 km south of Kirongwe, 7°49.58’S 39°48.87’E.

Nothobranchius interruptus (Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979)

Untersuchungen zur Identität von Nothobranchius neumanni (Hilgendorf, 1905) aus Tansania, mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art und einer Unterart aus dem Küstentiefland Kenias.

Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal v. 11 (no. 5): 65-75.

Type locality: Lower Mwatsuma river drainage, Kenya

Nothobranchius itigiensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020 

Nothobranchius ivanovae (Valdesalici, 2012)

Nothobranchius kardashevi and Nothobranchius ivanovae (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae): two new annual killifishes from the Katuma River drainage, western Tanzania.

Aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol., 18(4):191-198.

Type locality: Swampy area of Katuma River drainage, western Tanzania 

Nothobranchius janpapi (Wildekamp, 1977)

Nothobranchius lourensi sp. nov. und N. janpapi sp. nov., zwei neue Rivulinen aus Ost Afrika.

Das Aquarium (Bornheim), 11 (98): 326-331, 6 figs., 7 tabs.

Type locality: along the Morogoro to Dar-es-Salaam road, between the bridges over the Ruvu and Kwazara rivers (erroneous for Kwaraza), Tanzania.     Info

Nothobranchius janpapi "RUVU TZN 2017-9"

Nothobranchius jubbi (Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979)

Untersuchungen zur Identität von Nothobranchius neumanni (Hilgendorf, 1905) aus Tansania, mit der Beschreibung einer neue Art und einer Unterart aus dem Küstentiefland Kenias.

D.K.G. (Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 11 (5): 65-75, 7 figs.

Type locality: on road to Garsen, 17 miles (27 km) north of Malindi, eastern Kenya.

Nothobranchius kadleci (Reichard, 2010)

Nothobranchius kadleci (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from central Mozambique. Zootaxa 2332: 49–60 (2010)

Abstract:  Nothobranchius kadleci, a new African annual killifish species, is described from the drainages of the Save, Gorongose, Pungwe and Zangue Rivers in the Sofala Province of central Mozambique. Nothobranchius kadleci is similar to Nothobranchius furzeri from which it is distinguished by colouration (red pelvic fins, red lips, more extensive red colouration on body) and morphology (larger distance between pectoral and pelvic fins, shorter anal and dorsal fins, and shorter base of the anal fin). The currently known distribution of these two species is allopatric, with the N. kadleci range north of the N. furzeri range. Nothobranchius kadleci occurs sympatrically with Nothobranchius orthonotus and Nothobranchius rachovii, from which it can clearly be distinguished by different colour patterns of the fins and body, head shape and morphometric characteristics. A total of 12 populations were recorded between the northern bank of the Save River and southern bank of the Zambezi during collection trips in February 2008 and February 2009.

Nothobranchius kadleci "Mhamatanda MZCS 2011-43"

Nothobranchius kafuensis (Wildekamp & Rosenstock, 1989)

Anmerkungen zu den Nothobranchius-Arten Sambias mit der Beschreibung von Nothobranchius kafuensis spec. nov. (Cyprinodontiformes; Nothobranchiinae). {Aquar. Terr. Zeit. (D.A.T.Z.), 42 (7): 413-418, 419, fig.

Type locality: Kafue National park, 5 km south of Chunga-Lager, 100 m from Kafue river, Zambia.

Nothobranchius kardashevi (Valdesalici, 2012)

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Abstract: Nothobranchius kardashevi and Nothobranchius ivanovae (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae): two new annual killifishes from the Katuma River drainage, western Tanzania

Two new annual killifish species, Nothobranchius kardashevi, new species, and N. ivanovae, new species, are described based on specimens collected in ephemeral pools in the Katuma River drainage system, western Tanzania. Nothobranchius kardashevi, new species, belongs to the N. ugandensis species group and N. ivanovae to the N. taeniopygus species group. Both are distinguished from the respective other group members by a diagnostic combination of male colouration and morphological characters. 

Nothobranchius kilomberoensis (Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002)

Two new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae) from the Kilombero River Basin, Tanzania. {Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 13 (1): 1-10, 7 figs., 1 tab.

Type locality: 2 km south of Ifakara, east side of road to ferry across Kilombero river, (southern) Tanzania.

Nothobranchius kilomberoensis "TIfakara TAN 1995-4"

Nothobranchius kirki (Jubb, 1969)

The Nothobranchius (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) of Southern Africa and a new Species from Lake Chilwa, Malawi. Ann. Cape Provincial Mus. Nat. Hist., 8 (1): 1-11, figs. 1-3, map

Type locality: pool adjacent to Likangala river which forms part of Lake Chilwa endoreic drainage basin, Malawi.

Nothobranchius korthausae (Meinken, 1973)

Nothobranchius korthausae spec. nov., eine hübsche Cyprinodontiden von der Insel Mafia (Ost Afrika).

Das Aquarium (Bornheim), 7 (51): 351-355, 6 figs., 2 tabs.}

Type locality: Mafia island (off the coast), Tanzania.

Nothobranchius korthausae "Mafi- Island TZN 2008-2"

Nothobranchius krammeri (Valdesalici & Hengstler, 2008)

Nothobranchius krammeri n. sp. (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae): a new annual killifish from the Meronvi River basin, northeastern Mozambique.

aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 14 (4): 187–194.

Type locality:  ephemeral pool in the Meronvi River basin in northeastern Mozambique

Nothobranchius krysanovi (Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010)

Notes on the annual killifish species Nothobranchius rachovii (Cyprinodontiformes; Nothobranchiidae) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 2724:37-57. 

Type locality: from the Kwa-Kwa River basin and its tributaries, north of the Lower Zambezi River, Mozambique

Nothobranchius kwalensis (Costa, W.J.E.M. 2019)

Two new species of seasonal killifishes of the Nothobranchius melanospilus species complex from the East Africa biodiversity hotspot (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae).

Abstract

During a revision of material identified in museum collections as Nothobranchius melanospilus, two new species were recognised: N. kwalensis, new species, from the Ramisi River basin, southeastem Kenya, and N. prognathus, new species, from the upper Wami River basin, eastem Tanzania. Both new species are distinguished from N. melanospilus by Ilse relative position of the dorsal-fin origin in fe­males, presence of dark dots an the whole flank in females, the two sections of the anterior supraorbital series of neuromasts well-separated, and presence of fewer mandibular neuromasts. Nothobranchius prognathus is distinguished from other species of the N. melanospilus complex by the shape of the snout and eye, frontal squamation, and basal portion of the pelvic fins medially united in males. Additional moephometric characters were found informative to diagnose species of the N. melanospilus complex.

Nothobranchius lourensi (Wildekamp, 1977)

Nothobranchius lourensi sp. nov. und N. janpapi sp. nov., zwei neue Rivulinen aus Ost Afrika.

Das Aquarium (Bornheim), 11 (98): 326-331, 6 figs., 7 tabs.

Type locality: along the Morogoro to Dar-es-Salaam road, between the bridges over the Ruvu and Kwazara rivers (erroneous for Kwaraza), Tanzania.

Nothobranchius lucius (Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009)

Systematics of Nothobranchius melanospilus species group (Cyprinodontiforme: Nothobranchidae) with description of two new species from Tanzania and Mozambique. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 20(3):237-254.

Type locality: eastern Tanzania

Nothobrachius lucius "Ruhoi-River TZN 2009-10"    Fänger: Béla Nagy

Nothobranchius luekei (Seegers, 1984)

Nothobranchius luekei spec. nov., ein neuer Prachtgrunkärpfling aus Tanzania.

Aquar. Terr. Zeit. (D.A.T.Z.), 37 (7): 248-252, figs.

Type locality: near Kibiti, 40 km south of Dar-es-Salaam at bridge over Mbezi river, eastern Tanzania.
 

Nothobranchius makondorum (Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009)

Systematics of Nothobranchius melanospilus species group (Cyprinodontiforme: Nothobranchidae) with description of two new species from Tanzania and Mozambique. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 20(3):237-254. 

Type locality:  southeastern Tanzania and northeastern Mozambique

Nothobranchius malaissei (Wildekamp, 1978)

Redescription of Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938 and the Description of three new Nothobranchius Species (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) from the Province of Shaba, Zaïre.

Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 92: 341-354, figs. 1-3, tab.

Type locality: Dembo Kondale, 1.5 km east of Kabiashia, Luapula drainage, south of lake Moero, Shaba province, Zaïre.

Nothobranchius malaissei "Kabiasha CD 2016-18"

Nothobranchius matanduensis (Watters, Nagy, & Bellstedt, 2020)

First Description: Watters, Nagy, & Bellstedt, in Watters, Nagy, Merwe, Cotterill & Bellstedt, 2020

Redescription of the seasonal killifish species Nothobranchius ocellatus and description of a related new species Nothobranchius matanduensis, from eastern Tanzania (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae) Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters: IEF-1149: 28 pp

Abstract:

The description of Nothobranchius ocellatus was based on a unique holotype, comprising an immature male, and a photograph of a female. The holotype is apparently lost. The species is here redescribed in detail, and a neotype designated from a site near the original type locality. The range of distribution of the species is within the lower Rufiji and lower Ruvu river systems, contained within intersecting, tectonically-controlled and hydrologicallylinked graben structures, the Rufiji Depression and Ruvu Valley Trough, and at relatively low elevations. Disjunct populations in the Matandu River drainage, previously regarded as the same species, are described as Nothobranchius matanduensis Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, new species. The latter species occurs at significantly higher elevations than those of N. ocellatus and appears confined to a part of coastal Tanzania that has been tectonically relatively stable. The two species comprise the ‘Nothobranchius ocellatus species group’. Differences in diagnostic characters between N. matanduensis and N. ocellatus are presented, the most obvious of which are grey scale margins and black spots on the head of males of the former (vs. red-brown scale margins and red-brown spots on the head of the latter). Further differences in colour pattern and morphology of both males and females of the two species are described in detail, and differences in cephalic sensory systems are also noted. Genetic divergence in partial sequences of the mitochondrial genes, ND2 and COI, and three nuclear genes, Glyt, MyH6 and SNX33, supports the genetic distinction of the two species within a well-defined N. ocellatus Clade, which is deeply rooted in Nothobranchius, thereby also confirming the subgenus status of Paranothobranchius. The ecology and biology of the species group is reviewed; both species are relatively large and piscivorous in nature, occupy seasonal habitats, and always occur syntopically with various other, smaller, Nothobranchius species.

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Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer, 1896)

Die Fische Ost-Afrikas. In: Deutsch Ost-Afrika. Vol. 3. Die Tierwelt Ost-Afrikas.

D. Riemer Verlag, Berlin.: 1-72, figs. 1-24.

Type locality: Longo-Bay (also Longa Bach, today Ilonga, northwest of Morogoro), eastern Tanzania.

Nothobranchius melanospilus "Kisaki TNKS 2013/36"

Fänger: Andrey Nikiforov, Vlad Korolyov , Sergey Streltsov

Nothobranchius microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897)

Pesci raccolti dal Cap. V. Bottego, durante la sua seconda Spedizione nelle Regione dei Somali e dei Galla. Annali Mus. Civ. Storia Nat., Genova, 2 (17): 343-364.

Type locality:  Saha, between Brava and Lugh, at foot of Mount Egherta, southern Somalia.

Nothobranchius milvertzi (Béla Nagy 2014)

Nothobranchius milvertzi, a new species of killifish from the Lushiba Marsh in the Lake Mweru drainage, Zambia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae)

Abstract: 

Nothobranchius milvertzi, new species, is described from ephemeral pools of the Lushiba Marsh floodplains, Lake Mweru drainage system in northern Zambia. It can readily be identified as belonging to the N. taeniopygus speciesgroup of which it shows the diagnostic characters: presence of a broad, light submarginal band on both the caudal as well as the anal fin and a dark distal margin of both fins in males. Nothobranchius milvertzi is distinguished from all other species of this species-group by the unique combination of the following characters in males: caudal fin red with an orange semicircular submarginal band and a wide dark red-brown distal margin in males, head length 29-32 % SL, interorbital width 39-46 % HL, and snout length 18-20 % HL.

Nothobranchius milvertzi "Lushiba Chienge ZM 2012-20" 

Nothobranchius mkuziensis (Fowler, 1934)

Natal Fishes obtained by Mr. Bell-Marley. {Ann. Natal Mus., 7 (3): 403-433, figs. 

Type locality: Mkuzi (today Mkuze) river, Natal (province), South Africa.

Nothobranchius moameensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius neumanni (Hilgendorf, 1905)

Fische von Deutsch und Englisch Ost-Afrika, gesammelt von Oskar Neumann, 1893-1895.

Zool. Jahrb. Syst., 22 (4): 405-417.

Type locality: between Tisso (today Itiso) and Usandawi (today Kwa Mtoro), (most probably west of Mbuyuni, central Tanzania, subseq.), East Africa.

Nothobranchius niassa (Valdesalici, Bills, Dorn, Reichwald & Cellerino, 2012)

Nothobranchius niassa (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from northern Mozambique. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (1): 19-28

Abstract: Nothobranchius niassa, new species, is described based on specimens collected in pools within seasonal streams in upper catchments of the Rovuma River, Niassa Reserve, northern Mozambique. It differs from its congeners by a unique combination of characters: dorsal fin rays 15-18, anal fin rays 15-17, light blue iris, light blue dorsal and anal fins with curved red stripes, and red pectoral fin. According to analysis of sequence variation within the cytochrome oxidase I locus, N. niassa is a well-distinct taxon related neither to the N. melanospilus species group nor to N. kirki, but clusters with very high support with a clade including N. guentheri, N. albimarginatus, N. korthausae, N. foerschi, N.cardinalis and N.kilomberoensis (subgenus Adiniops). Within this clade, the closest related species is N. kilomberoensis, known from Kilombero River floodplain, Tanzania, although with moderate support.

Nothobranchius nikiforovi, Nagy, Béla, Watters, Brian R., Raspopova, Alexandra A. (2021)

Nothobranchius nikiforovi, a new species of seasonal killifish from the lower Matandu drainage in south-eastern coastal Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes Nothobranchiidae)

Citation

Nagy, Béla, Watters, Brian R., Raspopova, Alexandra A. (2021): Nothobranchius nikiforovi, a new species of seasonal killifish from the lower Matandu drainage in south-eastern coastal Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes Nothobranchiidae). Zootaxa 4950 (1): 103-122, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4950.1.5

Abstract:

Nothobranchius nikiforovi, a new species known from seasonal habitats in the lower Matandu drainage in south-eastern coastal Tanzania is described. It is distinguished from all other congeners, except N. eggersi, by males presenting two colour phenotypes: the blue phenotype having a bright iridescent light blue to blue-green body, with narrow red-brown scale margins creating irregular reticulated pattern, forming chevron-shaped crossbars on the posteroventral portion of body and light blue median fins with red-brown dotted pattern; the red phenotype has a dark red head, light blue dorsal and anal fins proximally and medially, dark red distally, with dark red stripes parallel to the fin rays, and a plain dark red caudal fin. Nothobranchius nikiforovi differs from N. eggersi by male colour pattern, the blue phenotypes having median fins with dark grey distal portion, some of the rays of dorsal and anal fins with white tips (vs. median fins with distinct slender white distal band), and the caudal fin lacking a spotted pattern (vs. dots arranged into irregular curved stripes); the red phenotype with golden stripe between the nape and dorsal-fin origin (vs. light-blue stripe), the dorsal and anal fins with a plain red distal portion and lacking a light distal band (vs. with distinct narrow white distal band), the pelvic fin lacking a distal band (vs. with distinct slender light blue to white distal band), and some morphometric differences. Phylogenetic analyses also support the genetic distinction of the new species from its closest known relative, N. eggersi, and confirm its position in the N. guentheri species group within the Adiniops subgenus.

Nothobranchius nubaensis (Valdesalici, Bellemans, Kardashev & Golubtsov, 2009)

Nothobranchius nubaensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) a new annual killifish from Sudan and Ethiopia.  aqua pp. 143-152  15(3) Volume 15, Issue 3  -20 July 2009

Abstract: A new species of annual killifish, Nothobranchius nubaensis, is described based on specimens collected from ephemeral water bodies in central Sudan and south-west Ethiopia. The new species is distinguished from the other members of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group by the following combination of characters: 17-19 dorsal fin rays; 17-19 anal fin rays; 29-30 scales in median lateral series; dorsal and anal fins in males with short filamentous rays; pelvic fins short, tips reaching the anus; orange red head with three distinct oblique bars on the operculum; dorsal fin light blue with a pattern of irregular orange-red spots and elongated yellow spots in distal areas; anal fin yellow, light blue at base, with a pattern of orange-red spots; pelvic fins yellow with a pattern of orange-red spots; pectoral fins orange-red with a light blue margin; caudal fin orange-red with short pale or dark red lines, extending from fin base onto fin rays.

Nothobranchius occultus (Valdesalici, 2014)

Nothobranchius bellemansi and Nothobranchius occultus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) two new annual killifish from Sudan. zoobank.org: pub:399977D6-7809-4CA8-B3D9-A483821A7ECB

Abstract: Two new species of annual killifish, Nothobranchius bellemansi and Nothobranchius occultus, are described from specimens collected in seasonal waters of southern Kordofan State in Sudan. Males Nothobranchius bellemansi are similar to Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus by presence of a broad light blue submarginal stripe and black marginal stripe on unpaired fins, but are distinguished by a deeper body, shorter head and by having the median portion of unpaired fins spotted, females are separated by a pattern of very small red spots on unpaired fins. Nothobranchius occultus is considered to be closely related to N. virgatus due to similarities in head profile, snout ventral profile and pelvic fin shape, and is distinguished from all other congeners by males with long pelvic fins and completely dark red brown body and fins in preserved specimens. Additionally a lectotype for Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus is designated. 

Nothobranchius ocellatus (Seegers 1985)

Prachtgrundkärpflinge. Die Gattung Nothobranchius: Systematik, Vorkommen, Pflege und Zucht.

D.K.G. (Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 17, Supplementheft Nr 1: 1-48, figs.

Type locality: between Mtanza and northern entrance of Selous Game Reserve, north of Rufiji river (actually south of the river, since Mtanza is on the south bank, subseq.), eastern Tanzania.

Nothobranchius ocellatus "Lasaba TAN 2019-24"

Nothobranchius oestergaardi (Valdesalici & Amato, 2011)

Nothobranchius oestergaardi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new annual killifish from Mweru Wantipa Lake drainage basin, northern Zambia. Aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 17(2):111-119.

Type locality: only from an ephemeral pool in the swamps of the Mwawe River (Lake Mweru Wantipa drainage) 

Nothobranchius orthonotus (Perters 1844)

Mitteilungen über einige neue Fische und Amphibien aus Angola und Mossambique.

Monatsber. Köngl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 32-37.

Type locality: Quelimane (northern Zambezi delta), eastern Mozambica.

Nothobranchius orthonotus "Mabalane MZG 2006-3"

Nothobranchius ottoschmidti  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019

Nothobranchius palmqvisti (Lönnberg, 1907)

Sjöstedt's Kilimandjaro-Meru Expedition. 5. Fishes. In: Wissenschaftliches Ergebnisse der Schwedische Zoologische Expedition, Killimandjaro-Meru Expedition 1905-1906.  Upsala Sweden: 1-8.

Type locality: Tanga, Usambara, northeastern Tanzania

Nothobranchius palmqvisti "Pangani TZ 1994-7"

Nothobranchius patrizii (Vinciguerra, 1927)

Pesci di Somalia.  Annali Mus. Civ. Storia Nat., Genova, 3 (52): 254-257, 2 figs.

Type locality: Harenaga swamps (near mouth of Juba river, southern) Somalia.

Nothobranchius pienaari (Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010)

Notes on the annual killifish species Nothobranchius rachovii (Cyprinodontiformes; Nothobranchiidae) with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 2724:37-57. 

Type locality: coastal lowlands of central and southern Mozambique and adjacent part of northeastern South Africa 

Nothobranchius polli (Wildekamp, 1978)

Redescription of Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938 and the Description of three new Nothobranchius Species (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) from the Province of Shaba, Zaïre.

Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 92: 341-354, figs. 1-3, tab.

Type locality: Dilungu swamp, near Mwadingusha (northeast of Lubumbashi), Shaba, Zaïre.

Nothobranchius polli "Kyembe DC 2013-9"

Nothobranchius prognathus  (Costa, W.J.E.M. 2019)   Synonym of Nothobranchius melanospilus

Two new species of seasonal killifishes of the Nothobranchius melanospilus species complex from the East Africa biodiversity hotspot (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae).

Abstract

During a revision of material identified in museum collections as Nothobranchius melanospilus, two new species were recognised: N. kwalensis, new species, from the Ramisi River basin, southeastem Kenya, and N. prognathus, new species, from the upper Wami River basin, eastem Tanzania. Both new species are distinguished from N. melanospilus by Ilse relative position of the dorsal-fin origin in fe­males, presence of dark dots an the whole flank in females, the two sections of the anterior supraorbital series of neuromasts well-separated, and presence of fewer mandibular neuromasts. Nothobranchius prognathus is distinguished from other species of the N. melanospilus complex by the shape of the snout and eye, frontal squamation, and basal portion of the pelvic fins medially united in males. Additional moephometric characters were found informative to diagnose species of the N. melanospilus complex.

Nothobranchius rachovii (Ahl, 1926)

Neue oder selten importierte Fische. III. {Blätt. Aquar. -u. Terrarienk., 37 (14): 346-348.} 

Type locality: Beira, Portugiesisch Ost-Afrika (eastern Mozambica).

Nothobranchius rachovii

Nothobranchius robustus (Ahl, 1935)

Über neue oder seltene Afrikanische Zahnkarpfen der Gattung Aphyosemion und Nothobranchius.

Zool. Anz., 112: 123-129.} 

Type locality: Tschangarra, Nord-Usinja (probably east of Nungwe, at Emin 

Nothobranchius rosenstocki (Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2005)

A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the Luapula River basin, Zambia. Aqua, Journal of Ichthyology and Aquatic Biology, 9 (3): 89-96, 7 figs, 1 tab. 

Type locality: Kasanka National Park, Luwombwa River, close to Luwombwa lodge, (central) Zambia.

Nothobranchius rubripinnis (Seegers, 1986)

Beschreibung von Nothobranchius rubripinnis spec. nov. aus Tanzania.

Aquar. Terr. Zeit. (D.A.T.Z.), 39 (1): 18-22, figs.

Type locality: near Kibiti, 40 km south of Dar-es-Salaam at bridge over Mbezi river, eastern Tanzania.

Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus (Blache & Miton, 1960)

Poissons nouveaux du Bassin du Tchad et du Bassin du Mayo Kebbi (suite et fin). III. Cyprinodontidae et Cichlidae. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Natur. Paris, 32 (3): 214-218.

Type locality: Koundoul, near Fort Lamy (today south of N'Djamena), Tchad (and also Bahr-Marako, Cameroun).

Nothobranchius rungwaensis  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019 

Nothobranchius ruudwildekampi (Costa 2009)

Species delimitation among populations of the eastern Tanzanian seasonal killifish Nothobranchius korthausae (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Ichtyol. Explor. Freshwaters 20(2):111-126. 

Type locality: Mbezi River basin, eastern Tanzania

Nothobranchius ruudwildekampi "Mbezi-River"

Nothobranchius sagittae (Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014)

Review of the Nothobranchius neumanni species group with descriptions of three new species from Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). J. Am. Killifish Ass. 47(1):2-30.

Type locality: seasonal pools and swamps in Ruwana, Grumeti and Mbalageti river systems, Lake Victoria basin in Tanzania

Nothobranchius sainthousei (Nagy, Cotterill & Bellstedt, 2016)

Nothobranchius sainthousei, a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula River drainage in northern Zambia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (3): 233–254.

Type locality: Zambia: Luapula Province: Luapula drainage: seasonal pools formed in small riverbed on floodplain of small seasonal Chimbembe River, about 5 km southwest from influx of Luongointo Luapula, near Mweshi village, 10°43.51'S 28°38.22'E.

Nothobranchius seegersi (Valdesalici & Kardashev, 2011)

Nothobranchius seegersi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new annual killifish from the Malagarasi River drainage, Tanzania. Bonn Zool. Bull. 60(1):89-93.

Type locality:  only known from seasonal pools in the drainage system of the Wulua and Mungu Rivers, Malagarasi River basin, Tanzania 

Nothobranchius serengetiensis (Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014)

Review of the Nothobranchius neumanni species group with descriptions of three new species from Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). J. Am. Killifish Ass. 47(1):2-30

Type locality: seasonal pools and swamps in Ruwana, Grumeti, Mbalageti, Duma, Simiyu and Mata river systems, Lake Victoria basin in Tanzania

Nothobranchius skeltoni  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019

Nothobranchius sonjae  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019

Nothobranchius steinforti (Wildekamp, 1977)

Zur Identifikation von Nothobranchius guentheri und N. palmqvisti, zwei Saisonfische aus Kenia und Tansania, mit der Beschreibung von N. steinforti sp. nov.

D.K.G. (Deutsche Killifisch Gem.) J., 9 (3): 33-46, 8 figs., map.

Type locality: 8 km from (south of) Kimamba, road Morogoro-Kimamba, Tanzania.

Nothobranchius steinforti "Kimamba"

Nothobranchius steinforti "Kimamba TZ 1976-4"

Nothobranchius streltsovi (Valdesalici 2016)

Nothobranchius streltsovi, a new species of annual killifish with two male colour morphs from the Malagarasi drainage, central Tanzania (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae).

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 27 (no. 2) for Oct.: 153-161. 

Type locality: Ugalla River, Malagarasi River drainage, central Tanzania.

Nothobranchius symoensi (Wildekamp, 1978)

Redescription of Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938 and the Description of three new Nothobranchius Species (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae) from the Province of Shaba, Zaïre.

Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 92: 341-354, figs. 1-3, tab.

Type locality: near Mufumbi, Katanga Province, (southeastern) Zaïre.

Nothobranchius taeniopygus (Hilgendorf, 1891)

Aufzählung der von Emin Pascha und Dr. Stuhlmann gesammelten Fische und Krebse.

Sitz. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin: 18-20 

Type locality: lake Tschaia (today Chaya), central Tanzania (neotypes from a closed-by locality: Kaputa creek, about 5 km east of Kazi Kazi railway station, Tanzania, subseq.).

Nothobranchius taeniopygos "Ngiapanda TAN 2017-08"

Nothobranchius taeniopygus species group (Watters, Nagy,...2019): 

Nothobranchius taeniopygus (Hilgendorf, 1891)

Nothobranchius ivanovae (Valdesalici, 2012)

Nothobranchius angelae (Watters, Nagy,...2019)

Nothobranchius ottoschmidti (Watters, Nagy,...2019)

Nothobranchius sonjae  (Watters, Nagy,...2019)

Nothobranchius rungwaensis (Watters, Nagy,...2019)

Nothobranchius skeltoni (Watters, Nagy,...2019)

Review of the Nothobranchius taeniopygus species group from central and western Tanzania with descriptions of five new species and redescription of Nothobranchius taeniopygus (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)

Brian R. Watters, Béla Nagy, Pieter D. W. van der Merwe, Fenton P. D. Cotterill and Dirk U. Bellstedt 2019

Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters – ISSN 0936-9902 (print)

© 2019 by Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany 

The Nothobranchius taeniopygus species group from central and western Tanzania is reviewed. Five new species are identified, to raise total species richness to seven. Members of this group are characterized by an anal fin with a slender to broad light medial band and broad black distal band in males. Nothobranchius taeniopygus is redescribed and the species is characterized by an anal fin with a narrow yellow to white subdistal band; a caudal fin that is light yellow-grey with brown stripes proximally parallel to fin rays, followed by a narrow brown medial band and a narrow yellow to white subdistal band; a postorbital length of 43-46 % HL; and snout to eye end length 54-57 % HL; and its distribution is restricted to the uppermost reaches of the Wembere River system. Nothobranchius angelae, new species, from the Bubu River system and the Bahi Swamp, as well as the north-western part of the Ruaha River system, is characterized by an anal fin with a slender white medial band; a caudal fin with a narrow dark brown to black medial band, followed by a slender white subdistal band; postorbital length 55-63 % HL; and caudal peduncle length 132-137 % of its depth. Nothobranchius ottoschmidti, new species, from the Wembere and Manonga river systems, the eastern and north-eastern parts of the Malagarasi system, and the southern Lake Victoria basin, is characterized by a caudal fin with small red-brown spots proximally, a slender semi-translucent grey subdistal band and a narrow irregular dark grey to black distal band; a head width 67-73 % HL; and caudal peduncle length 121-130 % of its depth. Nothobranchius sonjae, new species, from the Malagarasi River drainage and the Moame River of the Lake Victoria basin, is characterized by a golden-brown to grey stripe on the dorsal scale row between nape and dorsal-fin origin; a head length of 25.8-27.0 % SL; and caudal peduncle length 153-159 % of its depth. Nothobranchius rungwaensis, new species, from the Rungwa River system, is characterized by an anal fin yellow proximally with a narrow red-brown submedial band, a broad yellow medial band with red to red-brown spots, and a broad black distal band; a head width 54 % HL and 62 % of its depth; interorbital width 38 % HL; postorbital length 46 % HL; snout length 22 % HL; and caudal peduncle length 119 % of its depth. Nothobranchius skeltoni, new species, from the Lake Victoria basin, is characterized by an anal fin that is grey to red-grey with irregular dark grey spots proximally, followed by a broad dark red to maroon medial band, a nar-row light grey subdistal band; a body depth at pelvic-fin origin 26.3-30.0 % SL; suborbital depth 15-22 % HL; caudal peduncle depth 11.8-12.9 % SL; and caudal peduncle length 160-169 as % of its depth. The species group also includes Nothobranchius ivanovae. Genetic divergence in partial sequences of the mitochondrial genes, ND2 and COI, and three nuclear genes, Glyt, MyH6 and SNX33, supports the genetic distinction of the five new species and confirms their position, together with N. taeniopygus and N. ivanovae, in the N. taeniopygus species group

Nothobranchius taiti (Béla Nagy 2019)

Nothobranchius taiti, a new species of annual killifish from the upper Nile drainage in Uganda (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)

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Nothobranchius taiti, new species, is described from seasonal habitats in the Apapi River system, forming part of the Lake Kyoga basin in the upper Nile drainage in eastern Uganda. Nothobranchius taiti is distinguished from all other members of the genus by the following characters in males: body coloration light blue with seven to ten irregular red-brown vertical stripes; anal and caudal fins light blue with brown spots proximally, with brown median band, followed by a light blue subdistal band and a black distal band; dorsal fin golden with brown spots and irregular brown stripes and with slender black distal band. Furthermore, it differs from N.taeniopygus, a species to which it has previously been tentatively ascribed, by having a greater head length of 35.0-38.6% SL; smaller head width of 50-57% HL; smaller head depth of 71-80% HL; smaller interorbital width of 31-40% HL; and smaller postorbital length of 44-51% HL.

Nothobranchius torgashevi (Valdesalici, 2015)

Nothobranchius torgashevi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish with two male colour morphs from the Lake Eyasi basin, central Tanzania.

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Abstract: Nothobranchius torgashevi, new species, is described from a single locality, a temporary ditch associated with an unnamed affluent within the Mhwala River drainage, a tributary of the Wembere River in the Lake Eyasi basin. It is assigned to the N. ugandensis species group, members of which are defined by: colour pattern in males consisting of light blue scales with a broad, irregular, reticulated pattern on the body, vivid orange or red oblique bars on the head and dorsum, a yellow or blue anal fin, and large vivid red spots on the dorsal and anal fins; head rounded slightly concave to nearly straight dorsally; predorsal profile convex from nape to posterior extremity of dorsal fin base; cephalic squamation variable. N. torgashevi can be distinguished from other species in this assemblage by a combination of characters, including colour pattern and number of scales in the transverse and circumpeduncular series. Uniquely within the genus Nothobranchius, sympatric male colour morphs differ only by possession of white or yellow pigmentation on the distal portion of the anal fin.

Nothobranchius ugandensis (Wildekamp, 1994)

The Nothobranchius Species from Uganda, with Description of a new polymorphic Species (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 5 (3), (1994): 193-206, figs.

Type locality: 1 km west of Busesa, 7 km east of Iganga, right side of the road Tororo to Jinja, southern Uganda.

Nothobranchius ugandensis "Minakulu UGN 2009-3"

Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa

with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae) (2020)

Béla Nagy, Brian R. Watters, Pieter D. W. van der Merwe, Fenton P. D. Cotterill and Dirk U. Bellstedt

Nothobranchius albertinensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius attenboroughi  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius hoermanni  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius itigiensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020 

Nothobranchius matanduensis (Watters, Nagy, & Bellstedt,2020)

Nothobranchius moameensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Abstrakt:

Members of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group Tanzania are characterized by a yellow or light blue anal fin with a red-brown irregular spotted pattern in males.

Nothobranchius albertinensis from the Albert Nile drainage in western and north-westem Uganda is characterized by a yellow dorsal fin with stripes in medial part parallel to fin rays; yellow anal fin without markings; and anal fin positioned anterior to dorsal fin.

Nothobranchius attenboroughi from the Grumeti and other lesser systems east of Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania is characterized by a light blue anal fin with red-brown dots proximally and medially, and becoming yellow distally with narrow red-brown stripes parallel to fin rays.

Nothobranchius hoermanni from the upper Wembere drainage central Tanzania characterized by a red throat, light blue anal fin with red-brown spots and stripes proximally and medially, and with a broad light blue distal zone without markings; pectoral fin hyaline with red-brown stripes parallel to fin rays, and exposed branchiostegal membrane red-brown, with cream distal margin

Nothobranchius itigiensis from the uppermost Ruaha drainage and the Bahi Swamp area central Tanzania is characterized by a yellow anal fin with red-brown spots proximally, that merge medially to a pattern parallel to fin rays and are fused distally to form a marginal band

Nothobranchius moameensis from the Moame system south of Lake Victoria in northern Tanzania is characterized by a light blue anal fin with red-brown dots proximally and medially, and with light blue or yellow distal zone without markings

Nothobranchius venustus from south-western Lake Victoria basin in north-western Tanzania is characterized by a dorsal fin with a narrow light blue sub distal band and a narrow red-brown to black distal band; a light blue anal fin with irregular red-brown stripes perpendicular to fin rays proximally and medially, and orange with red-brown stripes parallel to fin rays in distal zone.

Ichthyologica Exploration of Freshwaters, IEF-1129, pp. 1 - 53

Nothobranchius usanguensis (Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014)

Review of the Nothobranchius neumanni species group with descriptions of three new species from Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). J. Am. Killifish Ass. 47(1):2-30.

Type locality: seasonal pools and swamps on the Usangu Flats, Great Ruaha River system in Tanzania

Nothobranchius venustus  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius virgatus (Chambers, 1984)

A new Nothobranchius Species (Teleosti, Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae) from the Sudan.

J. Fish Biol., 25 (5): 505-513, fig.}

Type locality: Jebel Megeinis, Hafir n°2, Kordofan province, Sudan.

Nothobranchius vosseleri (Ahl 1924)

Neue Afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. {Zool. Anz., 61 (3-4): 135-145.} 

Type locality: Mombo, near Pangani river, Deutsche Ost-Afrika (today Kenya).

Nothobranchius vosseleri "Makaka TNKS 2013/35"

Fänger: Andrey Nikiforov, Vlad Korolyov , Sergey Streltsov (Tanzania 2013)

 Nothobranchius wattersi (Ng'oma, Valdesalici, Reichwald & Cellerino, 2013)

Genetic and morphological studies of Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes) from Malawi with description of Nothobranchius wattersi sp. nov. J. Fish Biol. 82:165-188. 

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Abstract 

Molecular and morphological data were used to explore evolutionary differentiation among populations of Nothobranchius in the Lake Malawi–upper Shire River and the Lakes Chilwa–Chiuta drainage systems in Malawi. The aim of the study was to test the hypothesis that Nothobranchius of the Malawi–Shire system constitute a separate evolutionary group from Nothobranchius kirki. Mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data show a strongly supported phylogenetic split into two monophyletic groups separating the Lake Malawi basin fish from N. kirki. Unlike N. kirki, Lake Malawi–Shire fish do not deviate from neutrality and express an excess of rare haplotypes and mutations in terminal branches, characteristic of recently expanded populations. Further, the two groups significantly differ in morphology. Two body characters (dorsal-fin base length and pre-pelvic–pre-anal distance) are significantly different between the two species in both sexes. Several other characters are significantly different in either male or female comparisons with respect to both standard and head lengths, and robust morphological differentiation is detected by multivariate analysis. The two groups are readily distinguished on the basis of male colouration, especially in scale centres and the caudal fin. On the basis of this differentiation at the molecular and morphological levels, in addition to colouration, the Lake Malawi–Shire fish are hereby formally recognized as constituting a new species, Nothobranchius wattersi. This distinction is in agreement with the geomorphologic and recent climatic history in the region.

Type locality: ephemeral pools, swamps and ditches on the floodplains of rivers associated with central and southern sections of Lake Malawi, and areas around Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River region

Nothobranchius wattersi "Hoba MZMW 2009-6"

Nothobranchius willerti (Wildekamp, 1992)

A new Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae) from the Kenyan coastal Plains, with a Redefinition of the Subgenus Aphyobranchius. {Ichthyol. ExpIor. Freshwaters, 3 (2): 187-192, fig.

Type locality: Mnanzini, 1 km from junction of Garsen-Garissa road to Mnanzini, residual pool of a small stream flowing to the lower Tana river, Kenya.

Nothobranchius spec Lubi "CD 2016-19"

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Nothobranchius spec Lubi "CD 2016-19"

The strange case of East African annual fishes: aridification correlates with diversification for a savannah aquatic group?

Alexander Dorn, Zuzana Musilová, Matthias Platzer, Kathrin Reichwald and Alessandro Cellerino

(BMC Evolutionary Biology2014)

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Abstract

Annual Nothobranchius fishes are distributed in East and Southern Africa and inhabit ephemeral pools filled during the monsoon season. Nothobranchius show extreme life-history adaptations: embryos survive by entering diapause and they are the vertebrates with the fastest maturation and the shortest lifespan. The distribution of Nothobranchiusoverlaps with the East Africa Rift System. The geological and paleoclimatic history of this region is known in detail: in particular, aridification of East Africa and expansion of grassland habitats started 8 Mya and three humid periods between 3 and 1 Mya are superimposed on the longer-term aridification. These climatic oscillations are thought to have shaped evolution of savannah African mammals. We reconstructed the phylogeny of Nothobranchius and dated the different stages of diversification in relation to these paleoclimatic events.

Results

We sequenced one mitochondrial locus and five nuclear loci in 63 specimens and obtained a robust phylogeny. Nothobranchius can be divided in four geographically separated clades whose boundaries largely correspond to the East Africa Rift system. Statistical analysis of dispersal and vicariance identifies a Nilo-Sudan origin with southwards dispersion and confirmed that these four clades are the result of vicariance events In the absence of fossil Nothobranchius, molecular clock was calibrated using more distant outgroups (secondary calibration). This method estimates the age of the Nothobranchius genus to be 8.3 (6.0 - 10.7) My and the separation of the four clades 4.8 (2.7-7.0) Mya. Diversification within the clades was estimated to have started ~3 Mya and most species pairs were estimated to have an age of 0.5-1 My.

Conclusions

The mechanism of Nothobranchius diversification was allopatric and driven by geographic isolation. We propose a scenario where diversification of Nothobranchiusstarted in rough coincidence with aridification of East Africa, establishment of grassland habitats and the appearance of the typical African bovid fauna of the savannah. Although confidence intervals for the estimated ages of the four Nothobranchius clades are quite large, this scenario is compatible with the biology of extant Nothobranchius that are critically dependent on savannah habitats. Therefore, Nothobranchius diversification might have been shaped by the same paleoclimatic events that shaped African ungulate evolution.

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Comparative morphology, phylogeny and classification of African seasonal killifishes of the tribe Nothobranchiini (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae)

Wilson J E M Costa  Published: 14 February 2018

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlx102, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx102

Abstract

A comparative morphological study of 42 species of the African tribe Nothobranchiini provided 138 characters that, combined with available DNA sequences (3327 bp), highly supported monophyly of the tribe, making it possible to generate the first unambiguous diagnoses for included genera (Fundulosoma, Pronothobranchius and Nothobranchius). The analyses corroborate Fundulosoma as the sister group to a clade containing all other Nothobranchiini. This study first reports a broad diversification of jaw and branchial structures in Nothobranchius, the most diverse aplocheiloid genus, traditionally divided into subgenera. Six subgenera are recognized (Adiniops, Cynobranchius subgen. nov., Nothobranchius, Paranothobranchius, Plesiobranchius subgen. nov. and Zononothobranchius). Cynobranchius is erected for a clade of deep-bodied, zooplankton-feeding species, diagnosed by 16 morphological synapomorphies, of which nine are probably related to their specialized feeding habits. The clade containing Cynobranchius and the monotypic subgenus Plesiobranchius is supported as the sister group to a clade containing all other subgenera of Nothobranchius. Paranothobranchius, comprising the largest aplocheiloid species, is diagnosed by 17 apomorphic conditions, most of them related to specialized piscivorous habits. However, this study indicates that predator jaw morphology arose independently three times in Nothobranchius. Aphyobranchius, formerly including specialized surface-dwelling species, is considered to be a synonym of Adiniops.

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Nothobranchius  Subgenus

Nothobranchius Adiniops

Nothobranchius Adiniops albimarginatus  Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998 

Nothobranchius Adiniops annectens  Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998

Nothobranchius Adiniops balamaensis, Bragança u.A. 2022

Nothobranchius Adiniops cardinalis  Watters, Cooper & Wildekamp, 2008

Nothobranchius Adiniops eggersi  Seegers, 1982 

Nothobranchius Adiniops elongatus  Wildekamp, 1982

Nothobranchius Adiniops flammicomantis  Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 1998

Nothobranchius Adiniops foerschi  Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979

Nothobranchius Adiniops fuscotaeniatus  Seegers, 1997

Nothobranchius Adiniops geminus  Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002

Nothobranchius Adiniops guentheri  (Pfeffer, 1893)

Nothobranchius Adiniops hengstleri  Valdesalici, 2007

Nothobranchius Adiniops insularis  Costa, 2017 

Nothobranchius Adiniops interruptus  Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979 

Nothobranchius Adiniops janpapi  Wildekamp, 1977 

Nothobranchius Adiniops jubbi  Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979 

Nothobranchius Adiniops kilomberoensis  Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002 

Nothobranchius Adiniops kirki  Jubb, 1969

Nothobranchius Adiniops korthausae  Meinken, 1973 

Nothobranchius Adiniops krammeri  Valdesalici & Hengstler, 2008 

Nothobranchius Adiniops kwalensis  Costa, 2019 

Nothobranchius Adiniops lourensi  Wildekamp, 1977 

Nothobranchius Adiniops lucius  Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009 

Nothobranchius Adiniops luekei  Seegers, 1984 

Nothobranchius Adiniops makondorum  Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009

Nothobranchius Adiniops melanospilus  (Pfeffer, 1896)

Nothobranchius Adiniops niassa  Valdesalici, Bills, Dorn, Reichwald & Cellerino, 2012

Nothobranchius Adiniops palmqvisti  (Lönnberg, 1907)

Nothobranchius Adiniops patrizii  (Vinciguerra, 1927)

Nothobranchius Adiniops rubripinnis  Seegers, 1986 

Nothobranchius Adiniops ruudwildekampi  Costa, 2009

Nothobranchius Adiniops vosseleri  Ahl, 1924

Nothobranchius Adiniops wattersi  Ng'oma, Valdesalici, Reichwald & Cellerino, 2013

Nothobranchius Adiniops willerti  Wildekamp, 1992

Nothobranchius Cynobranchius

Nothobranchius Cynobranchius bojiensis  Wildekamp & Haas, 1992

Nothobranchius Cynobranchius fasciatus  Wildekamp & Haas, 1992 

Nothobranchius Cynobranchius microlepis  (Vinciguerra, 1897)

Nothobranchius Nothobranchius

Nothobranchius Nothobranchius furzeri  Jubb, 1971 

Nothobranchius Nothobranchius kadleci  Reichard, 2010

Nothobranchius Nothobranchius krysanovi  Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010 

Nothobranchius Nothobranchius mkuziensis  (Fowler, 1934)

Nothobranchius Nothobranchius orthonotus  (Peters, 1844)

Nothobranchius Nothobranchius pienaari  Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010

Nothobranchius Nothobranchius rachovii  Ahl, 1926 

Nothobranchius Paranothobranchius

Nothobranchius Paranothobranchius matanduensis (Watters, Nagy, & Bellstedt,2020)

Nothobranchius Paranothobranchius ocellatus  (Seegers, 1985)

Nothobranchius Plesiobranchius

Nothobranchius Plesiobranchius occultus  Valdesalici, 2014

Nothobranchius Plesiobranchius virgatus  Chambers, 1984

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius albertinensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius angelae Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius attenboroughi Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius bellemansi  Valdesalici, 2014 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius boklundi  Valdesalici, 2010

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius brieni  Poll, 1938 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius capriviensis  Watters, Wildekamp & Shidlovskiy, 2015

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius chochamandai  Nagy, 2014

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius cooperi  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2017

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius derhami  Valdesalici & Amato, 2019

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius ditte  Nagy, 2014 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius elucens Nagy, 2021

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius flagrans  Nagy, 2014

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius hassoni  Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2004

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius hoermanni  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius itigiensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius ivanovae  Valdesalici, 2012 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius kafuensis  Wildekamp & Rosenstock, 1989 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius kardashevi  Valdesalici, 2012 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius malaissei  Wildekamp, 1978

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius milvertzi  Nagy, 2014

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius moameensis  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius neumanni  (Hilgendorf, 1905)

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius nikiforovi Nagy, Béla, Watters, Brian, Raspopova, Alexandra A. 2021

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius nubaensis  Valdesalici,Bellemans,Kardashev & Golubtsov, 2009

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius oestergaardi  Valdesalici & Amato, 2011

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius ottoschmidti  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius polli  Wildekamp, 1978

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius robustus  Ahl, 1935 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius rosenstocki  Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2005 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius rubroreticulatus  Blache & Miton, 1960 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius rungwaensis  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius sagittae  Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius sainthousei  Nagy, Cotterill & Bellstedt, 2016 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius seegersi  Valdesalici & Kardashev, 2011 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius serengetiensis  Wildekamp,Watters&Shidlovskiy,2014 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius skeltoni  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius sonjae  Watters, Nagy & Bellstedt, 2019

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius steinforti  Wildekamp, 1977 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius streltsovi  Valdesalici, 2016

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius symoensi  Wildekamp, 1978 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius taeniopygus  Hilgendorf, 1891

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius taiti  Nagy, 2019 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius torgashevi  Valdesalici, 2015 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius ugandensis  Wildekamp, 1994

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius usanguensis  Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014 

Nothobranchius Zononothobranchius venustus  Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020