Blue notho
Species of fish
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The blue notho, or Patrizi's notho (Nothobranchius patrizii) is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is found in Kenya and Somalia. Its natural habitat is running water.[1] The males are usually around 5.0 centimetres (2.0 in).[2] In the aquarium the females lay their eggs on bottom peat.[3] This species was described as Fundulus patrizii by Decio Vinciguerra in 1927 with a type locality of the Harenaga swamps, near mouth of the Juba River in southern Somalia.[4] Vinciguerra gave this fish the specific name of patrizii in honour of the collector of the type Saverio Patrizi Naro Montoro (1902-1957), an Italian explorer, zoologist and speleologist.[5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Nothobranchius |
| Species: | N. patrizii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius patrizii (Vinciguerra, 1927) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Fundulus patrizii Vinciguerra, 1927 | |
