Small scaled nothobranch

The small scaled nothobranch (Nothobranchius microlepis) is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It occurs in northeastern Africa in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.^[2] Its natural habitat is intermittent freshwater wetlands.^[1]

Small scaled nothobranch
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Nothobranchiidae
Genus:	Nothobranchius
Species:	N. microlepis
Binomial name
Nothobranchius microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897)
Synonyms[2]
Fundulus microlepis Vinciguerra, 1897 Fundulopanchax microlepis (Vinciguerra, 1897)