Nothobranchius melanospilus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Aplocheiloidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Ovalentaria Superordo: Atherinomorphae Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species: Nothobranchius melanospilus

Name

Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer, 1896)

Syntypes: BMNH 1865.2.13.98-99 (5); ZMB 12849 (3). Type catalog: Paepke & Seegers 1986:160

Type locality: Ilonga, eastern Tanzania, 6°47'S, 37°01'E.

Synonyms

• Fundulus melanospilus Pfeffer, 1896
• Nothobranchius emini Ahl, 1935
• Nothobranchius eiminki Ahl, 1935
• Nothobranchius seychellensis Ahl, 1935

References

Primary references

• Pfeffer, G.J. 1896. Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete. Lief. v. Die Fische Ost-Afrikas 3(i–xviii): 1–72. Reference page. 
• Paepke, H.-J. & Seegers, L. 1986. Kritischer Katalog der Typen und Typoide der Fischsammlung des Zoologischen Museums Berlin. Teil 1: Atheriniformes. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 62(1): 135–186. DOI: 10.1002/mmnz.19860620109 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fundulus melanospilus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on January 24, 2014.
• Nothobranchius melanospilus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Nothobranchius melanospilus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Nothobranchius eiminki Ahl, 1935, CLOFFA
• IUCN: Nothobranchius melanospilus (Pfeffer, 1896) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Schwarzfleckiger Prachtgrundkärpfling
English: Blackspotted nothobranch
suomi: Palettiviuhkapyrstö
中文: 星棘假鰓鮰