Neobola bottegoi Vinciguerra, 1895
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Neobola bottegoi is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Danionidae.
It is endemic to Lake Turkana and the Omo River of Ethiopia. It can reach a maximum length of 7.3 cm.
Wikipedia contributors, Neobola bottegoi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:18:18.102528+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Neobola bottegoi Vinciguerra, 1895
- Name authority
- Vinciguerra, 1895
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Neobola
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyDanioninae Bleeker, 1863
- genusNeobola Vinciguerra, 1895
- speciesNeobola bottegoi Vinciguerra, 1895
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Neobola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Neobola fluviatilis (Whitehead, 1962) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neobola nilotica Werner, 1919 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neobola stellae (Worthington, 1932) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neobola kinondo Bart, Schmidt, Nyingi & Gathua, 2019 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Engraulicypris bottegoi (Vinciguerra, 1895) (Vinciguerra, 1895) | synonym |
| Neobola bottegi Vinciguerra, 1895 Vinciguerra, 1895 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Vinciguerra, D. (1895). Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii della Società geografica Italiana. III. Pesci. Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale Di Genova (Serie 2), v. 15: 21–60, Pl. 5. [Separate pp. 1–40.]. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.49163 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:46BN2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.