''Nothobranchius kafuensis'', known as the Caprivi killifish or Kafue killifish, is a species of killifish in the family

Nothobranchiidae Nothobranchiidae are a family of bony fishes containing roughly 300 species, also known as African rivulines. They are small killifish, usually measuring about . They are limited to Africa, living in fresh water but being also somewhat salt-tol ...

. This killifish is found in temporary pools, swamps and ditches in the floodplains of the

Kafue Kafue is a town in the Lusaka Province of Zambia and it lies on the north bank of the Kafue River, after which it is named. It is the southern gateway to the central Zambian plateau on which Lusaka and the mining towns of Kabwe and the Copperbe ...

and Upper Zambezi rivers in western Zambia and the Caprivi Strip in Namibia.

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