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Nothobranchius sylvaticus Nagy, Bellstedt & Luke, 2025 |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines) | |||
| Max. size: | 3.43 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Africa: Kenya. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal soft rays: 13-15. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: scales on trunk iridescent light blue covering the entire caudal peduncle; dorsal portion of head grey with distinct red lobes along supraorbital canal; posterior scale margins on postorbital portion of opercle creating two pronounced brown-red oblique bars; dorsal and anal fins golden, marked with dark grey dots and stripes proximally and medially, merging into uniform dark grey zone distally; dark red to red colouration of the proximal side of the caudal fin, plain red medially, and with slender black distal band; and colouration of the brown-red scale margins, a series of morphometric and meristic differences, and in the structure of the cephalic sensory system (Ref. 138025) | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 11 April 2025 (B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||