Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Uganda nothobranch
Common Names in Finnish:
Siniviuhkapyrst, Siniviuhkapyrstö
Common Names in German:
Uganda-Prachtk, Uganda-Prachtkärpfling
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
乌干达假鳃鮰, 烏干達假鰓鮰
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
Inhabits swamps
, roadside and drainage
ditches, pools
and depressions
downstream
of culverts. It is always found in temporary water bodies
that only contain water during the wet season
and for a short period
afterwards. The water is usually turbid
to very turbid and usually
lacks any aquatic
vegetation (Wildekamp 1994). Max
. size: 50 mm SL
(Wildekamp 1994).[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.8 Wetlands (inland) - Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) [more info]
Biology
Reproduction
Bottom spawner , 4 months incubation [2].
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
()
- Family:
Nothobranchiidae
()
- Genus:
Nothobranchius
()
- Peters, 1868
- Specific name:
ugandensis
- Wildekamp, 1994
- Scientific name: - Nothobranchius ugandensis Wildekamp, 1994
- Specific name:
ugandensis
- Wildekamp, 1994
- Genus:
Nothobranchius
(
- Family:
Nothobranchiidae
(
- Order:
Cyprinodontiformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Nothobranchius ugandensis
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
A record
of Nothobranchius taeniopygus Hilgendorf, 1891 by
Wourms (1965) refers to this species. Wildekamp (1994) attributes
a population from seasonal pools
of the lower Sio River
near Busia
to this species.[1].
Similar Species
Members of the genus Nothobranchius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 26 species and subspecies in this genus:
N. bojiensis (Boji Plains Nothobranch) · N. cardinalis (Cardinal Nothobranchius) · N. elongatus (Elongate Nothobranch) · N. furzeri (Turquiose Killifish) · N. guentheri (Gunther's Nothobranch) · N. interruptus (Kikambala Nothobranch) · N. jubbi (Blue Notobranch) · N. jubbi interruptus (Kikambala Nothobranch) · N. jubbi jubbi (Blue Notobranch) · N. kafuensis (Caprivi Killifish) · N. kirki (Kirk's Killifish) · N. kuhntae (Beira Killifish) · N. melanospilus (Blackspotted Nothobranch) · N. microlepis (Small Scaled Nothobranch) · N. orthonotus (Spotted Killifish) · N. foerschi (Palmqvist's Nothobranch) · N. palmqvisti (Palmqvist's Nothobranch) · N. patrizii (Somali Nothobranch) · N. rachovii (Rainbow Kilifish) · N. rachovii var. Albino (Bluefin Notho) · N. robustus (Red Victoria Nothobranch) · N. taeniopygus (Striped Nothobranch) · N. thierryi (Togo Killifish) · N. ugandensis (Uganda Nothobranch) · N. vosseleri (Pangani Nothobranch) · N. willerti (Mnanzini Nothobranch)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Huber, J.H. (1996). Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Soci&eacute;téFran&ccedil;aise d'Ichtyologie, Mus&eacute;um National d'Histoire Naturel
- IUCN. 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 04 May 2006.
- Wildekamp, R.H. 1994. The Nothobranchius species from Uganda, with a description of a new polymorphic species (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 5(3): 193–206
- Wourms, J.B. 1965. Comparative observations on the early embryology of Nothobranchius taeniopygus (Hilgendorf) and Aplocheilichthys pumilus (Boulenger), with special reference on the problem of naturally occuring embryonic diapauses in Teleost fishes. In: East African Fisheries Research Organisation, Annual Report. 1964, app. H. pp. 68–73.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- Twongo, T.K. & Hanssens, M. 2006. Nothobranchius ugandensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 133269
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-121860
- Fishbase Species ID: 49572
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 647456
- IUCN ID: 227092
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 118246
Footnotes
- Twongo, T.K. & Hanssens, M. 2006. Nothobranchius ugandensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]
- Huber, J.H. (1996). Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturel ... [back]
