{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 October 2018">{{cite iucn |author=Nagy, B. |author2=Watters, B. |date=2019 |title=''Nothobranchius cooperi'' |volume=2019 |article-number=e.T131470589A131470612 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T131470589A131470612.en |access-date=26 February 2023}}</ref> | taxon = Nothobranchius cooperi | authority = Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2017 | synonyms = }}
'''''Nothobranchius cooperi''''' is a species of brightly colored seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to seasonal freshwater habitats in northern Zambia. It is known from temporary pools and swamps on the floodplains of the Mansa and Lufimba river systems in Zambia.<ref name=Nagyetal2017>Nagy, B., Watters, B.R., van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2017). ''Nothobranchius cooperi'' (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula River drainage, northern Zambia. '' African Journal of Aquatic Science'', 42 (3): 201–218. {{doi|10.2989/16085914.2017.1372270}} {{ResearchGatePub|320876662}}</ref>
==Etymology== The fish is named in honor of Barry J. Cooper.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cyprinodontiformes1/ | title = Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE | access-date= 21 September 2025 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}</ref>
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==Links== * [https://wildnothos.wixsite.com/wildnothos/cooperi''Nothobranchius cooperi''] on WildNothos - various information and photographs of this species
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cooperi Category:Taxa named by Béla Nagy Category:Taxa named by Brian R. Watters Category:Taxa named by Dirk Uwe Bellstedt Category:Fish described in 2017 Category:Fish of Zambia Category:Endemic fauna of Zambia
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