Nothobranchius luekei is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.[2] It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitat is temporary pools.[1] Its specific name honours the German aquarist Karl Heinz Lüke who was the first person to breed this species in an aquarium.[3]

Nothobranchius luekei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Nothobranchius
Species:
N. luekei
Binomial name
Nothobranchius luekei
Seegers, 1984

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius luekei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T60336A47183695. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T60336A47183695.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Nothobranchius luekei" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (31 May 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 September 2019.