ORDER
Cyprinodontiforms  

FAMILY
Nothobranchidae

GENUS
Nothobranchius

SPECIES
N. ocellatus
Seegers, 1985

SUBGENUS:
Adinops

SPECIES GROUP:
guentheri group

    A, true predatory annual species, N. ocellatus will eat almost anything it can fit into its large mouth. It is most closely related to N. microlepis.  It is found seasonal pools and ponds in the Rufiji & Ruvu river systems coastal Tanzania

REFERENCES 

Seegers, L. 1985. Beschreibung von Paranothobranchius ocellatus nov. gen. nov. spec. aus dem Rufiji-Einzug, Tanzania, Ostafrika. Pp 47–48, in: Seegers, L. 1985. Prachtgrundkärpflinge, die Gattung Nothobranchius: Systematik, Vorkommen, Pflege und Zucht. Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal, Supplement Nr. 1: 48pp. [taxonomy as Paranothobranchius ocellatus]

    Wildekamp, R. H. & Haas, R. 1992. Redescription of Nothobranchius microlepis, description of two new species from northern Kenya and southern Somalia, and note on the status of Paranothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 3 (1): 1–16. [systematics in Nothobranchius]