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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae African rivulines

Genus: Nothobranchius

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Nothobranchius albertinensis Africa 5.0 SL 2020
Nothobranchius albimarginatus Africa 3.3 SL 1998
Nothobranchius angelae Africa 4.4 SL 2019
Nothobranchius annectens Africa 3.3 SL 1998
Nothobranchius attenboroughi Africa 4.4 SL 2020
Nothobranchius balamaensis Africa 3.0 SL 2022
Nothobranchius bellemansi Africa 4.6 SL 2014
Nothobranchius bojiensis Boji Plains nothobranch Africa 4.8 SL 1992
Nothobranchius boklundi Africa 4.4 SL 2010
Nothobranchius brieni Africa 6 TL 1938
Nothobranchius capriviensis Caprivi Nothobranchius Africa 5.0 SL 2015
Nothobranchius cardinalis Cardinal Nothobranchius Africa 2.7 SL 2008
Nothobranchius chochamandai Africa 3.5 SL 2014
Nothobranchius cooperi Africa 2.6 SL 2017
Nothobranchius derhami Africa 3.8 SL 2019
Nothobranchius ditte Africa 2018
Nothobranchius eggersi Africa 5 TL 1982
Nothobranchius elongatus Elongate nothobranch Africa 6 TL 1982
Nothobranchius elucens Africa 3.9 SL 2021
Nothobranchius fasciatus Africa 7 TL 1992
Nothobranchius flagrans Africa 3.9 SL 2014
Nothobranchius flammicomantis Africa 4.7 SL 1998
Nothobranchius foerschi Africa 5 TL 1979
Nothobranchius furzeri Turquoise killifish Africa 6.5 TL 1971
Nothobranchius fuscotaeniatus Africa 3.3 SL 1997
Nothobranchius geminus Africa 3.2 SL 2002
Nothobranchius guentheri Redtail notho Africa 3.5 SL 1893
Nothobranchius hassoni Africa 4.2 SL 2004
Nothobranchius hengstleri Africa 4.1 SL 2007
Nothobranchius hoermanni Africa 5.1 SL 2020
Nothobranchius insularis Africa 5.3 SL 2017
Nothobranchius interruptus Kikambala nothobranch Africa 6.5 TL 1979
Nothobranchius itigiensis Africa 4.3 SL 2020
Nothobranchius ivanovae Africa 4.5 SL 2012
Nothobranchius janpapi Africa 4.5 TL 1977
Nothobranchius jubbi Africa 6 TL 1979
Nothobranchius kadleci Africa 3.9 SL 2010
Nothobranchius kafuensis Kafue killifish Africa 6 TL 1989
Nothobranchius kardashevi Africa 3.8 SL 2012
Nothobranchius kilomberoensis Africa 4.1 SL 2002
Nothobranchius kirki Redfin notho Africa 5 TL 1969
Nothobranchius korthausae Africa 5 TL 1973
Nothobranchius krammeri Africa 3.3 SL 2008
Nothobranchius krysanovi Africa 3.1 SL 2010
Nothobranchius kwalensis Africa 4.2 SL 2019
Nothobranchius lourensi Africa 5 TL 1977
Nothobranchius lucius Africa 5.4 SL 2009
Nothobranchius luekei Africa 4.5 TL 1984
Nothobranchius makondorum Africa 6.1 SL 2009
Nothobranchius malaissei Africa 5.5 TL 1978
Nothobranchius matanduensis Africa 9.5 SL 2020
Nothobranchius melanospilus Blackspotted nothobranch Africa 5.3 SL 1896
Nothobranchius microlepis Small scaled nothobranch Africa 8 TL 1897
Nothobranchius milvertzi Africa 3.7 SL 2014
Nothobranchius mkuziensis Africa 3.4 SL 1934
Nothobranchius moameensis Africa 4.3 SL 2020
Nothobranchius neumanni Africa 6.5 SL 1905
Nothobranchius niassa Africa 2.9 SL 2012
Nothobranchius nikiforovi Africa 3 SL 2021
Nothobranchius nubaensis Africa 5.0 SL 2009
Nothobranchius occultus Africa 3.9 SL 2014
Nothobranchius ocellatus Africa 10 TL 1985
Nothobranchius oestergaardi Africa 3.2 SL 2011
Nothobranchius orthonotus Spotted killifish Africa 10 TL 1844
Nothobranchius ottoschmidti Africa 5.5 SL 2019
Nothobranchius palmqvisti Africa 5 TL 1907
Nothobranchius patrizii Blue notho Africa 5 TL 1927
Nothobranchius pienaari Africa 3.9 SL 2010
Nothobranchius polli Africa 6 TL 1978
Nothobranchius prognathus Africa 4.4 SL 2019
Nothobranchius rachovii Bluefin notho Africa 6 TL 1926
Nothobranchius robustus Red Victoria nothobranch Africa 5.5 TL 1935
Nothobranchius rosenstocki Africa 4.5 TL 2005
Nothobranchius rubripinnis Africa 3.6 SL 1986
Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus Africa 5 TL 1960
Nothobranchius rungwaensis Africa 4.2 SL 2019
Nothobranchius ruudwildekampi Africa 2.5 SL 2009
Nothobranchius sagittae Africa 3.9 SL 2013
Nothobranchius sainthousei Africa 4.1 SL 2016
Nothobranchius seegersi Africa 6.2 SL 2011
Nothobranchius serengetiensis Africa 4.8 SL 2013
Nothobranchius skeltoni Africa 5.3 SL 2019
Nothobranchius sonjae Africa 4.4 SL 2019
Nothobranchius steinforti Africa 5 TL 1977
Nothobranchius streltsovi Africa 5.1 SL 2016
Nothobranchius symoensi Africa 5 TL 1978
Nothobranchius taeniopygus Striped nothobranch Africa 3.6 SL 1891
Nothobranchius taiti Africa 2019
Nothobranchius thierryi Togo Killifish Africa 3.5 TL 1924
Nothobranchius torgashevi Africa 4.3 SL 2015
Nothobranchius ugandensis Uganda nothobranch Africa 5 SL 1994
Nothobranchius usanguensis Africa 5.1 SL 2013
Nothobranchius venustus Africa 3.6 SL 2020
Nothobranchius virgatus Africa 5.5 TL 1984
Nothobranchius vosseleri Pangani nothobranch Africa 4.5 SL 1924
Nothobranchius wattersi Africa 5.3 SL 2013
Nothobranchius willerti Mnanzini nothobranch Africa 4 TL 1992



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