The fourspine leaffish (''Afronandus sheljuzhkoi''), is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of in the Nandidae native to rivers and streams in

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

and

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

. Although placed in the family Nandidae by

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, most recent authorities place ''Afronandus'' in

Polycentridae Leaffishes are small fishes of the family Polycentridae. They consist of four genera found in fresh and brackish water in South America and Africa. The African species were formerly placed in the family Nandidae (otherwise found only in Asia), b ...

.Collins, R.A., R. Britz, and L. Ruber (2015). Phylogenetic systematics of leaffishes (Teleostei: Polycentridae, Nandidae). J Zoolog Syst Evol Res 53(4). The

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honours the collector of the

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Leo Sheljuzhko Leo Andreyevich Sheljuzhko (, ; 14 September 1890, Kiev – 22 August 1969, Munich) was a Ukrainian-German entomologist who specialized in Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera. He wrote numerous scientific papers and books on the butterflies and moths of Cent ...

(1890–1969), a Ukrainian-German

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who sent the type to Meinken. This species grows to a

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of . This species is the only known member of its

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References

Polycentridae Fish described in 1954 Taxa named by Herman Meinken Freshwater fish of Africa Freshwater fish of West Africa {{Rayfinned-fish-stub