Nothobranchius (Peters, W., 1868) is a genus of freshwater annual fish from East Africa. They have very small distributions, and consequently there are many species: as of April 2005 close to 50 nominal species, not counting varieties. They are a typical annual killifish, part of the order Cyprinodontiformes.
Etymology: Greek "nothos": false, spurious, and "branchia": gill.
External links
- FishBase.org – Complete listing over all species in the genus Nothobranchius, including old, no longer valid synonyms. FishBase was developed at the WorldFish Center in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and many other partners, and with support from the European Commission.
- Nothobranchius – Species list and images. Not complete but a nice outline of how the species generally look.
- Cyprinodontiformes – Taxonomic summary of the order of Cyprinodontiformes.
