Pronothobranchius

Pronothobranchius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Pronothobranchius
Radda, 1969
Type species
Nothobranchius kiyawensis
Ahl, 1928

Pronothobranchius is a genus of aplocheilid fish native to western Africa.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pronothobranchius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pronothobranchius". FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Valdesalici, S. (2013): Pronothobranchius chirioi n. sp. a new annual killifish species from the Niger River drainage, with redescriptions of P. kiyawensis, P. gambiensis and P. seymouri (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Killi-Data Series, 2013: 21-41.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 September 2025.