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Nothobranchius Peters, 1868

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Peters, Wilhelm C. H. 1868. Über eine neue Untergattung der Flederthiere, so wie über neue Gattungen und Arten von Fischen. Monatsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaft zu Berlin 1868: 145-148.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cyprinodontiformes
family
Nothobranchiidae
genus
Nothobranchius

Name

Synonyms
Adinias
Adiniops Myers, 1924
Aphyobranchius Wildekamp, 1977
Fundulusoma
Nathobranchius
Notobranchius Peters, 1868
Paranothobranchius Seegers, 1985
Zononothobranchius Radda, 1969
Homonyms
Nothobranchius Peters, 1868
Common names
Kuilvissies in Afrikaans
Nothobranchs in English
Prachtgrundkärpflinge in German
Robust Killifishes in English
Нотобранкиус in Russian
Нотобранх in Ukrainian
Нотобранхи in Russian
دروغینآبششها in Persian
نوثوبرانكيوس in language.
假鰓鱂屬 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2010 version.
  2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  5. FishBase
  6. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  7. MonatsBer. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868
  8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  9. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  10. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
  11. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  12. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
  13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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