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Nothobranchius ocellatus

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Nothobranchius ocellatus is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.[2] This species was described as Paranothobranchius ocellatus in 1985 by Lothar Seegers with the type locality given as being a swamp between Mtanza and the northern entrance of the Selous Game Reserve in the drainage basin of the Rufiji River north of Rufiji in eastern Tanzania.[3]

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Nothobranchius ocellatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. ocellatus
Binomial name
Nothobranchius ocellatus
(Seegers, 1985)
Synonyms[2]
  • Paranothobranchius ocellatus Seegers, 1985
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