Fourspine leaffish

The fourspine leaffish (Afronandus sheljuzhkoi), is a species of in the Nandidae native to rivers and streams in Ivory Coast and Ghana.[2] Although placed in the family Nandidae by FishBase,[3] most recent authorities place Afronandus in Polycentridae.[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]

Fourspine leaffish

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Nandidae
Genus: Afronandus
Meinken, 1955
Species:
A. sheljuzhkoi
Binomial name
Afronandus sheljuzhkoi
(Meinken, 1954)
Synonyms

For Genus:

For Species:

  • Nandopsis sheljuzhkoi Meinken, 1954

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. Awaïss, A. & Lalèyè, P. (2010). "Afronandus sheljuzhkoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183154A8055275. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Afronandus sheljuzhkoi" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2019). "Nandidae" in FishBase. February 2019 version.
  4. 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
  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. Retrieved 9 December 2019.


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