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Blackspotted nothobranch (Nothobranchius melanospilus)
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Ecological Illustration of Blackspotted nothobranch (Nothobranchius melanospilus)
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Nothobranchiidae

Blackspotted nothobranch

Nothobranchius melanospilus

Red frames blue green scales

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Coastal
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Africa
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Blackspotted nothobranch is known from Africa as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class
Teleosts
Order
Killifishes and Livebearers
Family
Nothobranchiidae
Genus
Nothobranchius
Water type
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
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