Fourspine leaffish

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Fourspine leaffish
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cichliformes
Family: Polycentridae
Genus: Afronandus
Meinken, 1955
Species:
A. sheljuzhkoi
Binomial name
Afronandus sheljuzhkoi
(Meinken, 1954)
Synonyms

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  • Nandopsis sheljuzhkoiMeinken, 1954

The fourspine leaffish (Afronandus sheljuzhkoi), is a species of ray-finned fish native to rivers and streams in Ivory Coast and Ghana. [2] Although formerly placed in the family Nandidae, most recent authorities place Afronandus in Polycentridae. [3] [4] The specific name honours the collector of the type, Leo Sheljuzhko (1890–1969), a Ukrainian-German entomologist who sent the type to Meinken. [5]

This species grows to a total length of 4.8 cm (1.9 in). This species is the only known member of its genus. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Dankwa, H. (2020). "Afronandus sheljuzhkoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T183154A58334068. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T183154A58334068.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Afronandus sheljuzhkoi". FishBase . February 2019 version.
  3. ↑ Collins, R.A., R. Britz, and L. Ruber (2015). Phylogenetic systematics of leaffishes (Teleostei: Polycentridae, Nandidae). J Zoolog Syst Evol Res 53(4). doi : 10.1111/jzs.12103
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Polycentridae". FishBase . January 2026 version.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 November 2019). "Subseries OVALENTARIA: Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2019.


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