Nothobranchius palmqvisti is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are swamps and intermittent freshwater marshes.[2] This species was described as Fundulus palmqvisti by Einar Lönnberg in 1907 with the type locality being Tanga in the Usambara Mountains of north eastern Tanzania, the type being collected on the 1905–06 Sjöstedts Kilimandjaro-Meru Expedition.[3] The specific name honours the patron of that expedition, Gustaf Palmqvist.[4]
Nothobranchius palmqvisti | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
Genus: | Nothobranchius |
Species: | N. palmqvisti
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Binomial name | |
Nothobranchius palmqvisti (Lönnberg, 1907)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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References
edit- ^ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius palmqvisti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60430A47188686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60430A47188686.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nothobranchius palmqvisti". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Fundulus palmqvisti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ 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 8 September 2019.