Béla Nagy is a Hungarian independent researcher in biology, explorer and storyteller. He is specialized in the seasonal killifish genus Nothobranchius, as well as members of the family Procatopodidae, both of them within the order Cyprinodontiformes.

He is the author of Rough Road into the Deep Unknown () and Return to the Land of Rains (), adventure books documenting his scientific expeditions and discoveries of new fish species across sub-Saharan Africa.

Taxon names authored Lacustricola gemma , 2025 Nagy, B. (2025). Review of Cyprinodontiform Fishes in the Upper Congo Drainage with Descriptions of Four New Species of Seasonal Nothobranchius (Nothobranchiidae) and a New Species of ‘Lacustricola’ Lampeye (Procatopodidae) in South-Eastern DR Congo. Ecology and Diversity, 2 (10006): 1-43. Lacustricola margaritatus , 2022Nagy, B. & Watters, B.R. (2022) Lacustricola margaritatus, a new species of lampeye from the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins in eastern Africa (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae). Zootaxa, 5128 (1): 44–60.

Lacustricola nitidus , 2020Nagy, B. & Chocha Manda, A. (2020) Lacustricola nitida, a new species of lampeye from the upper Lualaba drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 30 (3): 201–211. Lacustricola petnehazyi , 2018)Nagy, B. & Vreven, E. (2018) Micropanchax petnehazyi, a new species of lampeye cyprinodontiform from the Lufira drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 28 (2): 157–169. Nothobranchius albertinensis , 2020Nagy, B., Watters, B.R., van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2020). Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 30 (1): 21–73. Nothobranchius angelae , 2019Watters, B.R., Nagy, B., van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2019). Review of the Nothobranchius taeniopygus species group from central and western Tanzania with descriptions of five new species and redescription of Nothobranchius taeniopygus (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 29 (3): 239–278. Nothobranchius attenboroughi , 2020 Nothobranchius chochamandai , 2014Nagy, B. (2014). Nothobranchius chochamandai, a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (2): 167–183. Nothobranchius cooperi , 2017Nagy, 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. Nothobranchius ditte , 2018 Nagy, B. (2018). Nothobranchius ditte, a new species of annual killifish from the Lake Mweru basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 28 (2): 115–134. Nothobranchius dubieensis , 2025 Nothobranchius elucens , 2021Nagy, B. (2021). Nothobranchius elucens, a new species of seasonal killifish from the upper Nile drainage in Uganda (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Zootaxa, 4915 (1): 133–147. Nothobranchius flagrans , 2014 Nagy, B. (2014): Nothobranchius flagrans, a new species of annual killifish from the Lufira drainage, Democratic Republic of Congo (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (3): 259–276. Nothobranchius hoermanni , 2020 Nothobranchius iridescens , 2025 Nothobranchius itigiensis , 2020 Nothobranchius katemomandai , 2025 Nothobranchius marmoreus , 2025 Nothobranchius matanduensis , 2020Watters, B.R., Nagy, B., van der Merwe, P.D.W., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2020). Redescription of the seasonal killifish species Nothobranchius ocellatus and description of a related new species Nothobranchius matanduensis, from eastern Tanzania (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 30 (2): 151–178. Nothobranchius milvertzi , 2014Nagy, B. (2014): Nothobranchius milvertzi, a new species of killifish from the Lushiba Marsh in the Lake Mweru drainage, Zambia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4): 347-360. Nothobranchius moameensis , 2020 Nothobranchius nikiforovi , 2021Nagy, B., Watters, B.R. & Raspopova, A.A. (2021). Nothobranchius nikiforovi, a new species of seasonal killifish from the lower Matandu drainage in south-eastern coastal Tanzania (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae). Zootaxa, 4950 (1): 103–122. Nothobranchius ottoschmidti , 2019 Nothobranchius poppi , 2016Nagy, B., Chocha Mandala, A. & Vreven, E.J.W.M.N. (2016). Nothobranchius poppi, a new species of seasonal killifish (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from ephemeral wetlands of the lower Luapula River floodplain (upper Congo drainage: DR Congo). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, IEF-1204: 1–12. Nothobranchius rungwaensis , 2019 Nothobranchius sainthousei , 2016Nagy, B., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Bellstedt, D.U. (2016). Nothobranchius sainthousei, a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula River drainage in northern Zambia (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (3): 233–254. Nothobranchius skeltoni , 2019 Nothobranchius sonjae , 2019 Nothobranchius sylvaticus , 2025Bellstedt, D. U., B. Nagy, P. D. W. van der Merwe, F. P. D. Cotterill, Q. Luke & B. R. Watters. (2025). The description of a critically endangered new species of seasonal killifish, Nothobranchius sylvaticus (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a relict species from an East African forest refugium in south-eastern Kenya. Zootaxa, 5601 (1): 086–108. Nothobranchius taiti , 2019Nagy, B. (2019). Nothobranchius taiti a new species of annual killifish from the upper Nile drainage in Uganda (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 29 (1): 19–31. Nothobranchius venustus , 2020

Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Béla Nagy

References

Links WildNothos Photographs by Béla Nagy Béla Nagy. ResearchGate.