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Fourspine leaffish

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Species of fish

Fourspine leaffish
A Leaf (or Scorpion) fish hidden in the algae and sea weeds
Conservation status

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

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For Species:

  • Nandopsis sheljuzhkoi Meinken, 1954

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

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

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. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Afronandus sheljuzhkoi". FishBase. February 2019 version.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Nandidae". 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. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
Taxon identifiers
Afronandus sheljuzhkoi


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