Nothobranchius chochamandai is a species of seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to south-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is known only from the area of the type locality - ephemeral marshes of the Kinikabwimba River, a tributary of Lufutishi River in the middle Luapula River drainage.[2]
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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. chochamandai
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| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius chochamandai Nagy, 2014
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The small and colourful Nothobranchius fishes inhabit ephemeral habitats in freshwater wetlands of Africa and have extreme life-history adaptations. Members of the genus are recognized as seasonal fishes, with all known species having an annual or semi-annual life cycle, a key adaptation to reproduce in the seasonally arid savannah biome and allowing their eggs to survive the periodic drying up of the seasonal natural habitats.[3]
Sources
edit- ^ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius chochamandai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T131470569A131470573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T131470569A131470573.en. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ Nagy, B. (2014). "Nothobranchius chochamandai, a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 25 (2): 167–183.. ResearchGate:265903825
- ^ Nagy, B. (2015) Life history and reproduction of Nothobranchius fishes. Journal of the American Killifish Association, 47 (4–6): 182–192. ResearchGate:341121138
Links
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