| ORDER Cyprinodontiforms FAMILY GENUS SPECIES SUBGENUS: SPECIES GROUP: |
Nothobranchius melanospilus Pfeffer 1876 N. melanospilus is a coastal species found in Tanzania in both seasonal pools and ponds which do not completely dry out. N. melanospilus is considered a predatory species of often found sympatric with other smaller species of Nothobranchius.
REFERENCES Pfeffer, G. 1896. Die Fische Ost-Afrikas. In: K. Möbius (ed.), Deutsch-Ost-Afrika. Teil 3. Die Thierwelt Ost-Afrikas. Reimer, Berlin, 72 pp. [taxonomy as Fundulus melanospilus] Wildekamp, R. H., K. M. Shidlovskiy & B. R. Watters. 2009. Systematics of the Nothobranchius melanospilus species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) with description of two new species from Tanzania and Mozambique. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 20 (3): 237–254. [morphology, genetics, systematics] Nagy, B. & A. Horváth Kis. 2010. Variation in habitat characteristics and the occurrence of Nothobranchius species in seasonal biotopes of Tanzania. Journal of the American Killifish Association, 43 (5): 130–144. [ecology] Nagy, B. 2010. A la recherche de killis sur l’île de Pemba et dans la partie côtière de la Tanzanie. Killi Revue, Killi Club de France, 2010 (5): 3–11. [collecting] Nagy, B. 2015. Life history and reproduction of Nothobranchius fishes. Journal of the American Killifish Association, 47 (4-6): 182–192. [ecology] |
 N. melanospilus Mwakanga-TAN-19-23 |
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