Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938
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
Nothobranchius brieni is a species of brightly colored fish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is endemic to freshwater habitats in the south-eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Wikipedia contributors, Nothobranchius brieni; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:21:19.666571+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Nothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938
- Name authority
- Poll, 1938
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Nothobranchiidae
- Genus
- Nothobranchius
- 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
- orderCyprinodontiformes
- familyNothobranchiidae Garman, 1895
- genusNothobranchius Peters, 1868
- speciesNothobranchius brieni Poll, 1938
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Nothobranchius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Nothobranchius albimarginatus Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius annectens Watters, Wildekamp & Cooper, 1998 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius bellemansi Valdesalici, 2014 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius boklundi Valdesalici, 2010 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius capriviensis Watters, Wildekamp & Shidlovskiy, 2015 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius chochamandai Nagy, 2014 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius foerschi Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius furzeri Jubb, 1971 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius guentheri (Pfeffer, 1893) | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius hengstleri Valdesalici, 2007 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius interruptus Wildekamp & Berkenkamp, 1979 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nothobranchius kardashevi Valdesalici, 2012 | NothobranchiidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Poll, M. (1938). Poissons du Katanga (bassin du Congo) récoltés par le professeur Paul Brien. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, v. 30 (no. 4): 389–423. 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:74B8H. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.