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Mnanzini nothobranch

The Mnanzini nothobranch is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is endemic to Kenya where it occurs on the floodplains of the lower Tana River system where it is found in temporary waterbodies and connecting streams. The specific name honours the German aquarist Manfred Willert who helped to collect the type and who donated it to Rudolf Hans Wildekamp who describe the species in 1992.

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Mnanzini nothobranch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. willerti
Binomial name
Nothobranchius willerti
Wildekamp, 1992

The Mnanzini nothobranch (Nothobranchius willerti) is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.2 It is endemic to Kenya where it occurs on the floodplains of the lower Tana River system where it is found in temporary waterbodies and connecting streams.1 The specific name honours the German aquarist Manfred Willert who helped to collect the type and who donated it to Rudolf Hans Wildekamp3 who describe the species in 1992.4

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  1. Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius willerti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T60441A47189377. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60441A47189377.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nothobranchius willerti". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. 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.
  4. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Nothobranchius willerti". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2019.