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分类 / 名称 俗名 | 同种异名 | Catalog of Fishes(属, 种) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Nothobranchius:Greek, nothos = false + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335); iridescens:Name 'iridescens' from the Latin participial adjective deriving from the ancient Greek word 'iris', meaning 'rainbow', in reference to the colourful appearance of the males, containing different colours of the rainbow.
背的软条 (总数) : 16 - 17; 臀鳍软条: 17 - 18. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: anal fin with irregular red-brown spots and stripes, creating two irregular submedial and medial bands and with broad yellow subdistal band; caudal fin with a slender light blue subdistal band, densely marked with irregular red spots, and narrow dark brown distinct distal margin; caudal peduncle length 153-161 in % of its depth; eye diameter 31-34% HL; and predorsal length 52.4-55.6% SL (Ref. 138275). Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal; Cross section: oval.
This species inhabits a turbid pool, about 50 cm in depth, with margins partially overgrown by grass (Ref. 138275).
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)
世界自然保护联盟红皮书 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
系统发育多样性指数 (参考文献 82804): PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01096 (0.00461 - 0.02608), b=2.94 (2.74 - 3.14), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
营养阶层 (参考文献 69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
渔业脆弱性 (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
