Nothobranchius sylavaticus Nagy et al., 2025 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Nagy et al., 2025 .
  • Current distribution known : endemic to south-eastern Kenya. It is currently only known from ephemeral marshes in open areas of the Gongoni Forest in the drainage of the seasonal Mkurumudzi River system. The Mkurumudzi drains the south-eastern slopes of the Shimba Hills and flows into the Indian Ocean at Gazi Bay, Kenya .
  • Distribution_references : Nagy et al., 2025 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : diet includes mosquito larvae, thereby serving as biocontrol factor, potentially reducing the incidence of malaria .
  • Habitat_references : Nagy et al., 2025 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Nagy et al., 2025 .
  • Size : 34 mm SL .
  • Types :
    • Nothobranchius sylvaticus Nagy, Bellstedt & Luke, 2025: 97-102, figs. 5A-D, 6. Tyep locality: Ephemeral swamp in the Mkurumudzi system, about 4 km west southwest of Gazi Village, Kenya (4°25.860'S-39°28.138'E). Holotype NMK ICH FW/6014/1; paratypes NMK ICH FW/6013/1-2.