Fourspine leaffish
| Fourspine leaffish | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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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.