Small scaled nothobranch

The small scaled nothobranch (Nothobranchius microlepis) is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is [occurs in northeastern Africa on Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.[2] Its natural habitat is intermittent freshwater wetlands.[1]

Small scaled nothobranch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. microlepis
Binomial name
Nothobranchius microlepis
(Vinciguerra, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
  • Fundulus microlepis Vinciguerra, 1897
  • Fundulopanchax microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897)

References
  1. Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius microlepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60438A47189216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60438A47189216.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nothobranchius microlepsis" in FishBase. April 2019 version.


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