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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Nothobranchius |
| Species: | N. steinforti
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius steinforti Wildekamp, 1977
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nothobranchius steinforti". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nothobranchius steinforti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 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 9 September 2019.
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