Fourspine leaffish

Fourspine leaffish
A Leaf (or Scorpion) fish hidden in the algae and sea weeds
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)
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  • 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.[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]

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]

  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. ^ a b 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.