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Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Nothobranchius: Greek, nothos = false + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335); marmoreus: Name 'marmoreus' from the Latin adjective deriving from the ancient Greek word 'marmaros', meaning 'resembling marble' or 'marblelike', in reference to the irregularly mottled marbled colour pattern on the body of the males of the new species.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
; agua dulce bentopelágico. Tropical
Africa: DR Congo.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.1 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 138275)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 15 - 17; Radios blandos anales: 16 - 19. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: body with irregular red-brown patches and stripes, forming a marble-like mottled pattern in male; anal and caudal fins with slender yellow to amber subdistal band and broad dark brown distal band; head depth 80-84% HL; caudal peduncle length 152-159 in % of its depth; head length 25.5-30.9% SL; caudal peduncle length 152-159 in % of its depth; prepelvic length 45.5-46.7% SL; and head width 65.5-72.9 in % of its depth (Ref. 138275).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
This species inhabits a turbid pool, 25-30 m in diameter and about 1.5 m deep, with margins overgrown by grass (Ref. 138275).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Nagy, B., 2025. Review of Cyprinodontiform fishes in the Upper Congo drainage with descriptions of four new species of seasonal Nothobranchius (Nothobranchiidae) and a new species of 'Lacustricola' Lampeye (Procatopodidae) in South-Eastern DR Congo. Ecology and Diversity 2:10006. (Ref. 138275)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
Usos humanos
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
Informes especiales
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01122 (0.00476 - 0.02645), b=2.94 (2.74 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278) |
3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |