Pronothobranchius kiyawensis

Pronothobranchius kiyawensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Pronothobranchius
Species: P. kiyawensis
Binomial name
Pronothobranchius kiyawensis
(C. G. E. Ahl, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Nothobranchius kiyawensis C. G. E. Ahl, 1928

Pronothobranchius kiyawensis is a species of aplocheilid fish native to western Africa where it occurs in the drainage basin of Lake Chad. This species grows to a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL. This species is found in the aquarium trade.[2][3]

References

  1. Entsua-Mensah, M. & Lalèyè, P. 2010. Pronothobranchius kiyawensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 01 January 2014.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pronothobranchius kiyawensis" in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. Valdesalici, S. (2013): Pronothobranchius chirioi n. sp. a new annual killifish species from the Niger River drainage, with redescriptions of P. kiyawensis, P. gambiensis and P. seymouri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Killi-Data Series, 2013: 21-41.


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