Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Emerald aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax scheeli), recorded as Critically Endangered
Emerald aphyosemion (Fundulopanchax scheeli). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Emerald aphyosemion

Fundulopanchax scheeli

Emerald aphyosemion, the emerald aphyosemion, is a killifish, endemic to the lower Cross River basin in Nigeria.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Fundulopanchax scheeli
Taxonomy
Cyprinodontiformes · Nothobranchiidae · Fundulopanchax

The killifish

F. Scheeli grows to a maximum size of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) total length.

Range and habitat

Emerald aphyosemion, the emerald aphyosemion, is a killifish, endemic to the lower Cross River basin in Nigeria. It is a coastal rainforest fish that lives in small streams and ponds. It is considered to be critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its very small area of occupancy and faces threats from herbicides and pesticides used in agriculture, such as in rice farming, and from deforestation.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

Small desert or forest fishes in this order live in water that can vanish. The egg bank, if there is one, is the only reserve.

In crisis

Emerald aphyosemion is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Emerald aphyosemion, Wikidata item Q1150768. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Emerald aphyosemion?
Emerald aphyosemion is a killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae (order Cyprinodontiformes) — Fundulopanchax scheeli.
What is the conservation status of Emerald aphyosemion?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Fundulopanchax scheeli. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Emerald aphyosemion live?
Emerald aphyosemion, the emerald aphyosemion, is a killifish, endemic to the lower Cross River basin in Nigeria.
Why is Emerald aphyosemion in crisis?
It is considered to be critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its very small area of occupancy and faces threats from herbicides and pesticides used in agriculture, such as in rice farming, and from deforestation.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Fundulopanchax scheeli?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Emerald aphyosemion a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.