Blue notho | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
Genus: | Nothobranchius |
Species: | N. patrizii
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Binomial name | |
Nothobranchius patrizii (
Vinciguerra, 1927)
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Synonyms [2] | |
Fundulus patrizii Vinciguerra, 1927 |
The blue notho, or Patrizi's notho (Nothobranchius patrizii) is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. [2] It is found in Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitat is running water. [1] The males are usually around 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in). [2] In the aquarium the females lay their eggs on bottom peat. [3] This species was described as Fundulus patrizii by Decio Vinciguerra in 1927 with a type locality of the Harenaga swamps, near mouth of the Juba River in southern Somalia. [4] Vinciguerra gave this fish the specific name of patrizii in honour of the collector of the type Saverio Patrizi Naro Montoro (1902-1957), an Italian explorer, zoologist and speleologist. [5]
Blue notho | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
Genus: | Nothobranchius |
Species: | N. patrizii
|
Binomial name | |
Nothobranchius patrizii (
Vinciguerra, 1927)
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Synonyms [2] | |
Fundulus patrizii Vinciguerra, 1927 |
The blue notho, or Patrizi's notho (Nothobranchius patrizii) is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. [2] It is found in Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitat is running water. [1] The males are usually around 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in). [2] In the aquarium the females lay their eggs on bottom peat. [3] This species was described as Fundulus patrizii by Decio Vinciguerra in 1927 with a type locality of the Harenaga swamps, near mouth of the Juba River in southern Somalia. [4] Vinciguerra gave this fish the specific name of patrizii in honour of the collector of the type Saverio Patrizi Naro Montoro (1902-1957), an Italian explorer, zoologist and speleologist. [5]