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Fourspine leaffish

The fourspine leaffish is a species of ray-finned fish native to rivers and streams in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Although formerly placed in the family Nandidae, 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.

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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)
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  • Nandopsis sheljuzhkoi Meinken, 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.34 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

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. 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.