| Nothobranchius lourensi | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
| Genus: | Nothobranchius |
| Species: | N. lourensi |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothobranchius lourensi Wildekamp, 1977 | |
Nothobranchius lourensi is a species of fish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is known only from the floodplain of the Ruvu River in eastern Tanzania where it is found in temporary pools, where the type was originally collected by Jan Lourens, a biologist with the United Nations Development Programme in Dar es Salaam and who is honoured in its specific name.
References
- ^ Nagy, B.; Watters, B. (2019). "Nothobranchius lourensi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T61288A47243786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61288A47243786.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nothobranchius lourensi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- 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 7 September 2019.
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