Endangered
Fundulopanchax sjostedti
Fundulopanchax sjostedti
Fundulopanchax sjostedti, the blue gularis, golden pheasant gularis or red aphyosemion, is a toothcarp endemic to the Niger delta.
Appearance
The males are more colourful and larger than the females, expressing very attractive colours.
However it's not the largest species of killifish. Note for example the Gulf killifish (Fundulus grandis) that can reach a maximum length of 18 centimetres (7.1 in).
Range and habitat
Fundulopanchax sjostedti, the blue gularis, golden pheasant gularis or red aphyosemion, is a toothcarp endemic to the Niger delta. It is only found in Nigeria and Cameroon.
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
Fundulopanchax sjostedti is 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 Fundulopanchax sjostedti, Wikidata item Q3620610. 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.
