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Fundulopanchax scheeli

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Fundulopanchax scheeli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Fundulopanchax
Species:
F. scheeli
Binomial name
Fundulopanchax scheeli
(Radda, 1970)
Synonyms[2]
  • Aphyosemion burundi Scheel, 1968
  • Aphyosemion scheeli Radda, 1970
  • Aphyosemion akamkpaense Radda, 1975

The emerald aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax scheeli) is a species of killifish, endemic to the lower Cross River basin in Nigeria.[1] It is a coastal rainforest fish which lives in small streams and ponds. It prefers a temperature of around 75 °F (24 °C), and a slightly acidic pH around 6–7.[3] The specific name honours the Danish count, army colonel, explorer and ichthyologist Jørgen J. Scheel (1916–1989).[4] F. scheeli grows to a maximum size of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) total length.[1] It is considered to be critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its very small area of occupancy and faces threats from herbicides and pesticides used in agriculture, such as in rice farming, and from deforestation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Olaosebikan, B.D. (2020). "Fundulopanchax scheeli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182151A134760132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182151A134760132.en. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Fundulopanchax scheeli". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ "Fundulopanchax scheeli". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
  4. ^ Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (31 May 2019). "Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES: Families APLOCHEILIDAE and NOTHOBRANCHIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 31 August 2019.