Nothobranchius melanospilus

Genus: Nothobranchius
Species: melanospilus

Location Pages

• Zanzibar Island (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Bagamoyo TAN 95/13 (4 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Chalindze, Tanzania (1 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Dar es Salaam, 40 km S (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Ifakara TAN 95/4 (4 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Ilonga, TZN (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Kaioleni, Kenya (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Kidete TAN 95/3 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Kilombero TAN 97/2 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Kilwa Masoko TAN 97/10 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Kinyasini, Zanzibar Island, Tanzania (1 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Kiparanganda TAN 97/40 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Kisaki TAN 95/5 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Kitonga TAN 97/36 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Kwaraza TAN 95/14 (3 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Liwale TAN 97/29 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Liwale TAN 97/30 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Lisinjiri River TAN 97/27 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Lukwale River TZHK 09-3 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Lumesule River, Tanzania (1 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Machinbochi (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Mafia Island TAN 02-4 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Mahonda TAN 97/6 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Mahoro TAN 97/35 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Maneromango, TAN 97/43 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Mariaka(n)i KE 01-11 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Mbwemkuru River Bridge TAN 97/11 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Mikumi N.P., Tanzania (1 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Morogoro, Rd B 129, Tanzania (1 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Mrima (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Mtakayo TAN 97/44 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Ndundu TAN 95/10 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Ndundu FTZ 05-3 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Njinjo, Tanzania (1 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Nyamwage TZ 2019-123 (1 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Ramisi KE 01-11 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• RB 05-40 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Ruhoi River TAN 97/42 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Ruvu Bridge, A 7, Tanzania (1 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Saadani Road, TZH-2019-5 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania (2 species) — Country guess: Tanzania HIGH
• Soga TAN 97/45 (4 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Somanga TAN 97/34 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Tazara Rail Bridge TAN 97/7 (2 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• TZCZ 163 (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH
• Weighing Station, Morogoro-Dar es Salaam Rd (1 species) — Country guess: Kenya HIGH

Country Guess (from Location Codes)

• Kenya HIGH
• Tanzania HIGH

Links to WildNothos.wix, a Nothobranchius website by Bela Nagy and Brian Watters

• WildNothos page for Nothobranchius melanospilus — https://wildnothos.wixsite.com/wildnothos/melanospilus

Links to fishbase.org species profiles

• FishBase profile for Nothobranchius melanospilus — https://www.fishbase.org/summary/9862

IUCN Red List Conservation Status

• Status — IUCN - LC Least Concern (LC)
• Updated — 2020
• IUCN page — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164386040/164386078
• Attribution — Nagy, B. & Watters, B. 2021. Nothobranchius melanospilus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [Version 2025-2].

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