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Trophic Strategy

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Occurs in temporary pools, swamps and rice fields (Ref. 3788).
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Biology

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Occurs in temporary pools, swamps and rice fields (Ref. 3788). Bottom spawner, X months incubation. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
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aquarium: commercial
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Nothobranchius steinforti

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Nothobranchius steinforti is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is endemic to Upper Wami River drainage, Tanzania. Its natural habitat is intermittent freshwater marshes, pools and rice fields.[1] This species was described in 1977 by Rudolf Hans Wildekamp with the type locality given as "8 kilometers from Kimamba, Tanzania".[3] The specific name honours the Dutch aquarist Theo Steinfort who helped collect the type and bred this species in captivity, making it available to other killifish hobbyists.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius steinforti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61221A47240724. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61221A47240724.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Nothobranchius steinforti" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nothobranchius steinforti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  4. ^ 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 9 September 2019.
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Nothobranchius steinforti: Brief Summary

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Nothobranchius steinforti is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is endemic to Upper Wami River drainage, Tanzania. Its natural habitat is intermittent freshwater marshes, pools and rice fields. This species was described in 1977 by Rudolf Hans Wildekamp with the type locality given as "8 kilometers from Kimamba, Tanzania". The specific name honours the Dutch aquarist Theo Steinfort who helped collect the type and bred this species in captivity, making it available to other killifish hobbyists.

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