Nothobranchius venustus

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 May 2020">{{cite iucn |author=Nagy, B.|author-link=Béla Nagy (ichthyologist) |author2=Watters, B. |year=2021 |title=''Nothobranchius venustus'' |article-number=e.T175184958A175184965 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T175184958A175184965.en |access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref> | taxon = Nothobranchius venustus | authority = Nagy, Watters & Bellstedt, 2020 | synonyms = }}

'''''Nothobranchius venustus''''' is a species of brightly colored seasonal killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. This species is endemic to seasonal freshwater habitats in north-western Tanzania. It is currently known from ephemeral pools and marshes associated with smaller stream systems as part of the Lake Victoria basin, in the southwestern shore region of the lake, and eastwards to the Kongwa River region.<ref name=Nagyetal2020>{{cite journal |author=Nagy, B.|author-link=Béla Nagy (ichthyologist) |author2=Watters, B.R.|author3= van der Merwe, P.D.W. |author4= Cotterill, F.P.D. |author5= Bellstedt, D.U. |year=2020|title= Review of the ''Nothobranchius ugandensis'' species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)|journal=Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters|volume=30|issue=1|pages=21–73 |doi=10.23788/IEF-1129}} {{ResearchGatePub|340922876}}</ref>

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==Links== * [https://wildnothos.wixsite.com/wildnothos/venustus''Nothobranchius venustus''] on WildNothos - various information and photographs of this species

venustus Category:Taxa named by Béla Nagy Category:Taxa named by Brian R. Watters Category:Taxa named by Dirk Uwe Bellstedt Category:Fish described in 2020 Category:Fish of Tanzania Category:Endemic fauna of Tanzania