Fundulopanchax sjostedti

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei

Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Fundulopanchax
Species: Fundulopanchax sjostedti
Name

Fundulopanchax sjostedti (Lönnberg, 1895)

Original genus: Fundulus

Syntypes: ZMUU 272 (2).

Type locality: Waterfall of the Ndian River (4°57'N, 8°53'E) and Bonge, western Cameroon.
Synonyms

Fundulus sjostedti Lönnberg, 1895
Aphyosemion sjostedti (Lönnberg, 1895)
Fundulus gularis caerulea Boulenger, 1915
Aphyosemion caeruleum (Boulenger, 1915)
Fundulopanchax caeruleus (Boulenger, 1915)
Fundulus caeruleus Boulenger, 1915
Fundulus zimmeri Ahl, 1924
Aphyosemion zimmeri (Ahl, 1924)
Fundulopanchax zimmeri (Ahl, 1924)

References
Primary references

Lönnberg, E. 1895. Notes on fishes collected in the Cameroons by Mr. Y. Sjöstedt. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens förhandlingar 52(3): 179–195. Reference page.

Links

Fundulus sjostedti in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on June 24, 2014.
Fundulopanchax sjostedti – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Fundulopanchax sjostedti in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Aphyosemion sjostedti (Lönnberg, 1895), CLOFFA
IUCN: Fundulopanchax sjostedti (Lönnberg, 1895) (Least Concern)

Fundulopanchax sjostedti, the blue gularis, golden pheasant gularis or red aphyosemion, is a species of toothcarp endemic to the Niger delta. It is only found in Nigeria and Cameroon.[1]
Etymology

It is named after the Swedish naturalist Bror Yngve Sjöstedt (1866–1948) who collected the type specimen close to a waterfall by the Ndian River, in the Ndian department in Cameroon's Southwest Region.
Description

This species expresses sexual dimorphism. The males are more colourful and larger than the females, expressing very attractive colours. They outsize all other members of their genus, attaining lengths of 14 centimetres (5.5 in). It's a powerful and predatory species, feeding on invertebrates as well as small fish. However it's not the largest species of killifish; note for example the Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) which can reach a maximum length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in).[2][3]
References

Olaosebikan, B.D. (2020). "Fundulopanchax sjostedti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T181696A134761017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T181696A134761017.en. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
Smith, C. Lavett (1997). National Audubon Society Field Guide to Tropical Marine Fishes: Of the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, the Bahamas, and Bermuda. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York. p. 720. ISBN 978-0-679-44601-9.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Fundulus grandis" in FishBase. January 2022 version.