Nothobranchius furzeri
Turquoise killifish | |
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Male Nothobranchius furzeri GRZ (from Gonarezhou National Park) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
Genus: | Nothobranchius |
Species: | N. furzeri
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Binomial name | |
Nothobranchius furzeri R. A. Jubb, 1971
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Nothobranchius furzeri, the turquoise killifish, is a species of killifish from the family Nothobranchiidae native to Africa where it is only known from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.[2] This annual killifish inhabits ephemeral pools in semi-arid areas with scarce and erratic precipitations and have adapted to the routine drying of their environment by evolving desiccation-resistant eggs that can remain dormant in the dry mud for one and maybe more years by entering into diapause.[3]
Among
Tandem repeats comprise 21% of the species' genome, an abnormally high proportion, which has been suggested as a factor in its fast ageing.[12][13] Their captive diet consists mostly bloodworms and there are current efforts to replace bloodworms by pelleted diets.[14]
This species can reach a
total length of 6.5 cm (2.6 in).[2]
The species name is derived from that of the discoverer Richard E. Furzer of Rhodesia.[15]
References
- . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Nothobranchius furzeri" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- PMID 30616713.
- ^ Milius, Susan (2018-08-06). "This killifish can go from egg to sex in two weeks". Science News. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
- PMID 30086311.
- PMID 29555942.
- ^ S2CID 234048965.
- PMID 14667379.
- S2CID 226275515.
- PMID 25923786.
- PMID 25684364.
- PMID 22124482.
- PMID 32869739.
- PMID 32488062.
- ^ 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 4 September 2019.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Nothobranchius furzeri.
- Nothobranchius furzeri on WildNothos - various information and photographs of this species
- NCBI taxonomy database
- NFIN - The Nothobranchius furzeri Information Network
- In Short-Lived Fish, Secrets to Aging (Carl Zimmer, New York Times)
- Nothobranchius furzeri in ageing research
- Maintenance, breeding & conservation of killifish
- Nothobranchius furzeri information
- Prachtgrundkärpflinge (German)