Nile kilifish
Micropanchax loati
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The Nile killifish, also known as the Nile lampeye, is a species of killifish from the family Poeciliidae. It is found in the White Nile drainage in Sudan, the Nile Delta in Egypt, the Wembere and Malagarasi Rivers in Tanzania and in the Lake Victoria basin in Uganda and Tanzania. However, it is thought to have been extirpated from Egypt, the introduction of alien poecilid fish, agricultural pollution and increasing salinity are all thought to have contributed to its local extinction in the Nile Delta.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
- Family
- Procatopodidae
- Genus
- Micropanchax