Nothobranchius steinforti

Nothobranchius steinforti is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae.^[2] It is endemic to Upper Wami River drainage, Tanzania. Its natural habitat is intermittent freshwater marshes, pools and rice fields.^[1] This species was described in 1977 by Rudolf Hans Wildekamp with the type locality given as "8 kilometers from Kimamba, Tanzania".^[3] The specific name honours the Dutch aquarist Theo Steinfort who helped collect the type and bred this species in captivity, making it available to other killifish hobbyists.^[4]

Nothobranchius steinforti
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct in the wild  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Nothobranchiidae
Genus:	Nothobranchius
Species:	N. steinforti
Binomial name
Nothobranchius steinforti Wildekamp, 1977