A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique.
Author
Stefano Valdesalici
text
Zootaxa
2007
1587
61
68
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9B6ADA73-8C10-4EB1-B507-A48092E25296
journal article
z01587p061
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[[
Nothobranchius melanospilus species group
]]
The
N. melanospilus
species group was defined by Wildekamp et al. (1998) and includes
N. melanospilus (Pfeffer, 1896)
,
N. vosseleri Ahl, 1924
,
N. interruptus Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
,
N. jubbi Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
(males of this species have a white marginal band on the caudal fin, and in the blue morph the red on caudal fin is variable and in some specimens/populations is limited to spots (Seegers, 1997; Wildekamp, 2004); both conditions are considered to be apomorphies), and
N. elongatus Wildekamp, 1982
.