Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei
Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Subfamiliae: Epiplatinae – Nothobranchiinae
Name
Nothobranchiidae Garman, 1895
Type genus: Nothobranchius Peters, 1868
References
Primary references
Garman, S. 1895. The cyprinodonts. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 19 (pt 1): 1–179, Pls. 1–12. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Costa, W.J.E.M. 2004. Relationships and redescription of Fundulus brasiliensis (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with description of a new genus and notes on the classification of the Aplocheiloidei. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 15(2): 105–120. Reference page.
Costa, W.J.E.M. 2013. Historical biogeography of aplocheiloid killifishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Vertebrate Zoology 63(2): 139–154 PDF. Reference page.
Dubois, A. 2008. A family-series nomen based on a junior synonym is not thereby made invalid: the case of Adamansini Huber, 2007 (Cyprinotontiformes, Nothobranchiidae). Zootaxa 1757: 66–68.
Huber, J.H. 2005. A review of family-group names for oviparous Cyprinodontiformes (Pisces; Teleostei). British Killifish Association, Separatum Oct. 2005: 1–16. Reference page.
Myers, G.S. 1924. A new poeciliid fish from the Congo, with remarks on funduline genera. American Museum Novitates No. 116: 1–9. PDF. Reference page.
Nelson, J.S., Grande, T.C. & Wilson, M.V.H. (eds) 2016. Fishes of the World, 5th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N. J. v–xli + 1–707. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Reference page.
Sonnenberg, R. & Busch, E. 2009. Description of a new genus and two new species of killifish (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from West Africa, with a discussion of the taxonomic status of Aphyosemion maeseni Poll, 1941. Zootaxa 2294: 1–22. Abstract & excerpt (PDF)
Wainwright, P.C., Smith, W.L., Price, S.A., Tang, K.L., Ferry, L.A., Sparks, J.S. & Near, T.J. 2012. The evolution of pharyngognathy: a phylogenetic and functional appraisal of the pharyngeal jaw key innovation in labroid fishes and beyond. Systematic biology 61(6): 1001–1027. (PDF) DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/sys060 Reference page.
Huber, J.H. 2022. Current pyramidal list of family-group names (FGN) with included (sub)genera. Online.
Links
Killi-Data online
Nothobranchiidae in the World Register of Marine Species
Nothobranchiidae and its species in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Genera of Nothobranchiidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Nothobranchiidae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
Aplocheilinae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Vernacular names
English: African rivulines
українська: Нотобранхові
Nothobranchiidae are a family of bony fishes containing roughly 300 species, also known as African rivulines.[2] They are small killifish, usually measuring about 5 centimetres (2.0 in). They are limited to Africa, living in fresh water but being also somewhat salt-tolerant. They are also found in muddy or brackish water. Some species are kept as aquarium pets. They have frilly fins and many are brightly colored. They were formerly included in the family Aplocheilidae (which was later limited to Malagasy, Seychellean and Asian species); a return to that broader family has recently been suggested.[3]
Members of genus Nothobranchius are found in mud pools on the plains of Africa, a habitat shared by no other fish except the lungfishes. Their life cycle is only a year long, and they die when the pools dry up, however the species survives because their eggs remain inactive (in diapause) in the dry bottom substrate throughout the dry season. (This is not true for lungfish, which are capable of surviving seasonal drying out of their habitats by burrowing into mud and estivating throughout the dry season. They can live to be at least 80 years of age.)[4] Pools of this type are often sprayed with poison to reduce mosquito populations, which also kills the fish. As might be expected with short-lived species living in an ephemeral habitat, many of these fish reach sexual maturity within weeks of hatching, and are prolific breeders.
Nothobranchius furzeri is the shortest-living vertebrate that can be bred in captivity, having a lifespan of between three and nine months.[5] Nothobranchius furzeri needs much food because it grows quickly, so when food supplied is inadequate, bigger fish will eat the smaller fish.[6]
Genera
The following genera are classified in the family Nothobranchiidae:[2]
Aphyosemion Myers, 1924 (including Chromaphysemion)
Archiaphyosemion Radda, 1977
Callopanchax Myers, 1933
Epiplatys Gill, 1862
Episemion Radda & Pürzl, 1987
Fenerbahce Özdikmen, Polat, Yilmaz & Yazıcıoğlu, 2006 (formerly Adamas)
Foerschichthys Scheel & Romand, 1981
Fundulopanchax Myers, 1924
Nimbapanchax Sonnenberg & Busch, 2009
Nothobranchius Peters, 1868
Pronothobranchius Radda, 1969
Scriptaphyosemion Radda & Pürzl, 1987
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nothobranchiidae.
Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2019). "Nothobranchiidae" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
Costa, W.J.E.M. (2016): Comparative morphology and classification of South American cynopoeciline killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheilidae), with notes on family-group names used for aplocheiloids. Vertebrate Zoology, 66 (2): 125-140.
"Explore by Animal – Granddad: the Aquarium's Oldest Fish". Shedd Aquarium. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
Valenzano DR, Sharp S, Brunet A (2011). "Transposon-Mediated Transgenesis in the Short-Lived African Killifish Nothobranchius furzeri, a Vertebrate Model for Aging". G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. 1 (7): 531–538. doi:10.1534/g3.111.001271. PMC 3276177. PMID 22384364.
"Species File: Nothobranchius furzeri". Killi.co.uk. 2009–2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
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