FB-49559 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49559 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Fundulidae Fundulus Fundulus bermudae Günther, 1874 Boji Plains nothobranch 1998-09-10 2007-10-25 Wildekamp, R.H. and R. Haas0 Redescription of Nothobranchius nicrolepis, description of two new species from northern Kenya and southern Somalia, and note on the status of Paranothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 3(1):1-16. (Ref. 26692) Huber, J.H.0 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139) Seegers, L., L. De Vos and D.O. Okeyo0 Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. 92:11-47. (Ref. 52331) Okeyo, D.O. and W.O. Ojwang (Comp.)0 A photographic guide to freshwater fishes of Kenya. SeriouslyFish.com (LINK). Electronic version accessed [29/05/2017] (Ref. 115164) FB-GeneralDescr-49565 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Nicolas Bailly 1998-09-10 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49565 Bottom spawner, 6 months incubation; very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139). Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139) FB-DiagnosticDescr-49565 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2017-12-20 00:00:00 2017-12-20 19:12:15 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49565 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Morphology Diagnosis: Nothobranchius bojiensis differs from the other species of the genus, with the exception of N. fasciatus, by its strongly curved dorsal profile with almost no transition to the head (Ref. 26692). It differs from the related N. microlepis by its curved vs. concave dorsal-head transition, greater interorbital width, 12.0-16.4% of standard length vs. 9.4-15.4%, shorter snout, 4.8-7.3% of standard length vs. 6.3-9.1%, higher number of rays in dorsal and anal fins and higher number of scales on the longitudinal series (Ref. 26692). It differs from the related N. fasciatus by its red brown vs. blue grey body and fin colour in preserved males, a greater body depth in males, 28.1-37.6% of standard length vs. 27.7-31.9%, higher number of rays in dorsal and anal fins and higher number of scales on the longitudinal series; the scales are smaller and more irregularly set (Ref. 26692).Description: Body scales small and irregularly set, those of the mid-lateral series with a shallow pit; frontal part of the head scaleless; operculum, preoperculum and cheek with numerous very small scales (Ref. 26692). Mouth wide, directed upward, maxilla extending to level just in front of anterior rim of pupil; numerous conical teeth in upper and lower jaw, those of the outer row somewhat enlarged; teeth embedded in sponge-like tissue; branchiostegal membrane projecting beyond operculum; gill rakers of first arch 25-30 (Ref. 26692). Neuromast systems as in Nothobranchius microlepis and N. fasciatus (Ref. 26692). Male: robust and, relatively to other Nothobranchius, large fish; body deep, 2.7-3.6 times in standard length; head large, 3.2-3.7 times in standard length; dorsal and anal rounded, tip of rays slightly projecting from the membrane; papillae present on posterior dorsal rays and all anal rays; proximal half of these fins covered with epidermal tissue, papillae slightly projecting; caudal slightly truncate; free end of branchiostegal membrane wrinckled; ctenii present on scales near base of pectoral, lower part of operculum and just above anal (Ref. 26692). Female: smaller than males of same age; body depth 3.9-4.4 times in standard length, head large 3.6-3.7 times in standard length; dorsal rounded, anal pointed, rays 4-12 long and rigid, branched near tip; caudal slightly truncate; neither ctenii on scales nor papillae on fin rays; free end of branchiostegal membrane not wrinckled (Ref. 26692).Colouration: Male, preserved in alcohol: body pale red-brown, lighter on the lower part of body and head; on the posterior part of body, especially behind pelvic fins, irregular, thin vertical darker reddish brown bars; in some specimens these bars are less distinct than in others; dorsal reddish brown, lighter at the base, becoming darker distally; at the base a pattern of darker red-brown spots; anal red-brown, pale at its base and grading to a dark red-brown distally, no visible markings present; caudal uniformly red-brown, lighter than distal parts of dorsal and anal; pelvic dark red-brown, darker towards the tip; branchiostegal membrane pale brownish (Ref. 26692). Female, preserved in alcohol: body light yellowish brown; some short red brown vertical bars may be present on the posterior body part; all fins pale whitish, somewhat transparent (Ref. 26692). Wildekamp, R.H. and R. Haas 1992 Redescription of Nothobranchius nicrolepis, description of two new species from northern Kenya and southern Somalia, and note on the status of Paranothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 3(1):1-16. (Ref. 26692) FB-Morphology-49565 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Gert Boden 2017-12-20 00:00:00 2017-12-20 19:12:15 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49565 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 20; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 19 - 22 Wildekamp, R.H. and R. Haas 1992 Redescription of Nothobranchius nicrolepis, description of two new species from northern Kenya and southern Somalia, and note on the status of Paranothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 3(1):1-16. (Ref. 26692) FB-Distribution-49565 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Nicolas Bailly 1998-09-10 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49565 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Africa: waterholes near Merti, on the Boji plains, Northern Ewaso Nyiro drainage, in northern Kenya (Ref. 26692, 52331). Seegers, L., L. De Vos and D.O. Okeyo 2003 Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria). J. E. Afr. Nat. Hist. 92:11-47. (Ref. 52331) FB-Uses-49565 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Nicolas Bailly 1998-09-10 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49565 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#TrophicStrategy aquarium: commercial Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139) FB-Size-49565 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Nicolas Bailly 1998-09-10 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49565 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size 4.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 26692)) Wildekamp, R.H. and R. Haas 1992 Redescription of Nothobranchius nicrolepis, description of two new species from northern Kenya and southern Somalia, and note on the status of Paranothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 3(1):1-16. (Ref. 26692) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-49565 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Nicolas Bailly 1998-09-10 00:00:00 2024-01-15 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=49565 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat benthopelagic; non-migratory; freshwater