Blue notho

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. patrizii
Binomial name
Nothobranchius patrizii
(Vinciguerra, 1927)
Synonyms[2]

Fundulus patrizii Vinciguerra, 1927

References
  1. Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius patrizii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60440A47189318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60440A47189318.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Nothobranchius patrizii" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. "Nothobranchius patrizii". killi.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Fundulus patrizii". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  5. 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 8 September 2019.


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