page_title: Nothobranchius
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Nothobranchius / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Nothobranchius flammicomantis male
context_page_description: Nothobranchius is a genus of small, freshwater killifish, classified in either the family Nothobranchiidae or a more inclusive Aplocheilidae in the order Cyprinodontiformes. There are many species: as of 2018 there are more than 70 species, many with very small distributions. They are primarily native to East Africa from Sudan to northern South Africa, but half a dozen species are found in the upper Congo River Basin and two species are from west-central Africa; the greatest species richness is in Tanzania.
  Nothobranchius typically inhabit ephemeral pools that are filled only during the monsoon season, and show extreme life-history adaptations to survive the dry season. When their habitats dry up, the adult fish die and the eggs survive encased in the clay during the dry season. The embryos survive the dry season by entering diapause, facilitated by their specialized eggs that have a very hard chorion and are resistant to desiccation and hypoxia. These species reach maturity very quickly once diapause is broken and have a very short life span; one species, Nothobranchius furzeri, reaches maturity in 17 days and seldom lives beyond 6 months.
context_section_description: There are currently 75 recognized species in this genus:
  Nothobranchius albimarginatus Watters, Wildekamp & B. J. Cooper, 1998
  Nothobranchius annectens Watters, Wildekamp & B. J. Cooper, 1998
  Nothobranchius bellemansi Valdesalici, 2014 
  Nothobranchius bojiensis Wildekamp & R. Haas, 1992 (Boji Plains nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius boklundi Valdesalici, 2010
  Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938
  Nothobranchius capriviensis Watters, Wildekamp & Shidlovskiy, 2015 (Caprivi nothobranchius) 
  Nothobranchius cardinalis Watters, B. J. Cooper & Wildekamp, 2008 (Cardinal nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius chochamandai Nagy, 2014 
  Nothobranchius ditte  Nagy, 2018
  Nothobranchius eggersi Seegers, 1982
  Nothobranchius elongatus Wildekamp, 1982 (Elongate nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius fasciatus Wildekamp & R. Haas, 1992
  Nothobranchius flagrans Nagy, 2014 
  Nothobranchius flammicomantis Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 1998
  Nothobranchius foerschi Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
  Nothobranchius furzeri R. A. Jubb, 1971 (Turquoise killifish)
  Nothobranchius fuscotaeniatus Seegers, 1997
  Nothobranchius geminus Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002
  Nothobranchius guentheri (Pfeffer, 1893) (Red-tail nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius hassoni Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2004
  Nothobranchius hengstleri Valdesalici, 2007
  Nothobranchius insularis W. J. E. M. Costa, 2017 
  Nothobranchius interruptus Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979 (Kikambala nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius ivanovae Valdesalici, 2012 
  Nothobranchius janpapi Wildekamp, 1977
  Nothobranchius jubbi Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
  Nothobranchius kadleci Reichard, 2010 
  Nothobranchius kafuensis Wildekamp & Rosenstock, 1989 (Kafue killifish)
  Nothobranchius kardashevi Valdesalici, 2012 
  Nothobranchius kilomberoensis Wildekamp, Watters & Sainthouse, 2002
  Nothobranchius kirki R. A. Jubb, 1969 (Red-fin nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius korthausae Meinken, 1973
  Nothobranchius krammeri Valdesalici & Hengstler, 2008
  Nothobranchius krysanovi Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010
  Nothobranchius kuhntae (Ahl, 1926) (Beira killifish)
  Nothobranchius kwalensis W. J. E. M. Costa, 2019
  Nothobranchius lourensi Wildekamp, 1977
  Nothobranchius lucius Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009
  Nothobranchius luekei Seegers, 1984
  Nothobranchius makondorum Wildekamp, Shidlovskiy & Watters, 2009
  Nothobranchius malaissei Wildekamp, 1978
  Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer, 1896) (Black-spotted nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897) (Small-scaled nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius milvertzi Nagy, 2014 
  Nothobranchius neumanni (Hilgendorf, 1905)
  Nothobranchius niassa Valdesalici, I. R. Bills, Dorn, Reichwald & Cellerino, 2012 
  Nothobranchius nubaensis Valdesalici, Bellemans, Kardashev & Golubtsov, 2009
  Nothobranchius occultus Valdesalici, 2014 
  Nothobranchius ocellatus (Seegers, 1985)
  Nothobranchius oestergaardi Valdesalici & G. Amato, 2011
  Nothobranchius orthonotus (W. K. H. Peters, 1844) (Spotted killifish)
  Nothobranchius palmqvisti (Lönnberg, 1907)
  Nothobranchius patrizii (Vinciguerra, 1927) (Blue nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius pienaari Shidlovskiy, Watters & Wildekamp, 2010
  Nothobranchius polli Wildekamp, 1978
  Nothobranchius prognathus W. J. E. M. Costa, 2019
  Nothobranchius rachovii Ahl, 1926 (Blue-fin nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius robustus Ahl, 1935 (Red victoria nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius rosenstocki Valdesalici & Wildekamp, 2005
  Nothobranchius rubripinnis Seegers, 1986
  Nothobranchius rubroreticulatus Blache & Miton, 1960
  Nothobranchius ruudwildekampi W. J. E. M. Costa, 2009
  Nothobranchius sagittae Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014 
  Nothobranchius sainthousei Nagy, Cotterill & Bellstedt, 2016 
  Nothobranchius seegersi Valdesalici & Kardashev, 2011
  Nothobranchius serengetiensis Wildekamp, Watters & Shidlovskiy, 2014 
  Nothobranchius steinforti Wildekamp, 1977
  Nothobranchius streltsovi Valdesalici (sv), 2016 
  Nothobranchius symoensi Wildekamp, 1978
  Nothobranchius taeniopygus Hilgendorf, 1891 (Striped nothobranchius)
  Nothobranchius taiti Nagy, 2019
  Nothobranchius torgashevi Valdesalici, 2015 
  Nothobranchius ugandensis Wild
caption: Nothobranchius flammicomantis, male
exif: {}