Eastcoast lampeye
| Eastcoast lampeye | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Pantanodontidae |
| Genus: | Pantanodon |
| Species: | P. stuhlmanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Pantanodon stuhlmanni (C. G. E. Ahl, 1924) | |
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The eastcoast lampeye (Pantanodon stuhlmanni) is a species of fish in the family Pantanodontidae. It is endemic to coastal Kenya and Tanzania, where found in brackish water, mangrove swamps, pools, lagoons and river deltas. It reaches up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in total length. This fish was described by Ernst Ahl as Haplochilichthys stuhlmanni with the type locality given as Tanganyika Territory. The specific name honours the co-leader of the German East Africa Expedition (1889–1892) on which type was collected, Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann (1863–1928) of the German Colonial Service.