Nothobranchius foerschi

Nothobranchius foerschi is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is probably temporary pools.[1] The specific name honours the German physician and aquaris Walter Foersch (1932-1993), who was an expert in killifish and was one of the first people to keep and breed this species.[3]

Nothobranchius foerschi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. foerschi
Binomial name
Nothobranchius foerschi
Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979

References

  1. Hanssens, M. & Snoeks, J. (2006). "Nothobranchius foerschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T60348A12355791. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60348A12355791.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nothobranchius foerschi" in 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 3 September 2019.


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