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Teleostei (teleosts) >
Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: Nothobranchius: Greek, nothos = false + Greek, brangchia = gill (Ref. 45335); ditte: 'ditte', i.e., named in honour after the wife of the author, Edit Csikós, after her nickname. A noun in the nominative singular standing in apposition to the generic name (Ref. 128472).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Africa: Congo Dem Rp.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 128472)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nagy, B., 2018. Nothobranchius ditte, a new species of annual killifish from the Lake Mweru basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 28(2):115-134. (Ref. 128472)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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