Fundulopanchax scheeli
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Nothobranchiidae |
Genus: | Fundulopanchax |
Species: | F. scheeli
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Binomial name | |
Fundulopanchax scheeli (Radda, 1970)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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 19 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Fundulopanchax scheeli". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ "Fundulopanchax scheeli". Seriously Fish. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
- ^ 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.