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Nothobranchius jubbi in Somalia

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Nothobranchius jubbi   Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979
Family:	Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)			picture (Nojub_u0.jpg) by Valdesalici, S.
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes  (rivulines, killifishes and live bearers)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	6.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 27139)
Environment:	benthopelagic; non-migratory
Climate:	tropical; 24 - 26°C
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm<1)
Distribution:	Africa: lower Tana and Sabaki river drainages in eastern Kenya and the lower Juba river drainage in southern Somalia (Ref. 27139). Reported from the Wabi Shebele basin in Ethiopia (Ref. 58460).
Biology:	It occurs in temporary pools, swamps and ditches or rain pans, usually without connection to river courses (Ref. 30558). The adults die when waterbodies dry out with low rainfall (Ref. 30558). Males display to attract ripe females, pair off and spawn, grasping the female by folding over the large dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 30558). Spawning occurs daily for an extended period with a few eggs laid at a time (Ref. 30558). It is a bottom spawner (Ref. 27139, Ref. 30558) and development is suspended when the water bodies dry out (Ref. 30558). The eggs hatch the following rainy season when the pan fills, the fish growing to maturity in a few weeks (Ref. 30558). It are aggressive predators on insects and other aquatic invertebrates (Ref. 30558); therefore it is used for mosquito larva control (Ref. 30558). It is easy to maintain in the aquarium (Ref. 27139) and thus a popular aquarium fish (Ref. 30558)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Huber, J.H.. 1996. (Ref. 27139)
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Somalia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Wildekamp, R.H., R. Romand and J.J. Scheel, 1986
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	The lower Juba river drainage in southern Somalia.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/so.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Huber, J.H., 1996
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	Modified:  Bailly, Nicolas	Entered:  Sa-a, Pascualita

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