Pronothobranchius kiyawensis

Pronothobranchius kiyawensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Pronothobranchius
Species: P. kiyawensis
Binomial name
Pronothobranchius kiyawensis
(C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Nothobranchius kiyawensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1928

Pronothobranchius kiyawensis is a species of aplocheilid fish native to western Africa where it occurs in the drainage basin of Lake Chad. This species grows to a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL. This species is found in the aquarium trade.[2][3]

References

  1. Entsua-Mensah, M. & Lalèyè, P. 2010. Pronothobranchius kiyawensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 January 2014.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pronothobranchius kiyawensis" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. Valdesalici, S. (2013): Pronothobranchius chirioi n. sp. a new annual killifish species from the Niger River drainage, with redescriptions of P. kiyawensis, P. gambiensis and P. seymouri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Killi-Data Series, 2013: 21-41.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.