Nothobranchius lourensi
| Nothobranchius lourensi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Nothobranchius |
| Species: | N. lourensi
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius lourensi , 1977
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Nothobranchius lourensi is a species of fish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is known only from the floodplain of the Ruvu River in eastern Tanzania where it is found in temporary pools,[1] where the type was originally collected by Jan Lourens, a biologist with the United Nations Development Programme in Dar es Salaam and who is honoured in its specific name.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nagy, B. & Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius lourensi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T61288A47243786.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nothobranchius lourensi" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ 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 7 September 2019.
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- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Nothobranchius
- Endemic freshwater fish of Tanzania
- Fish described in 1977
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