Fourspine leaffish

The fourspine leaffish (Afronandus sheljuzhkoi), is a species of in the Nandidae native to rivers and streams in Ivory Coast and Ghana.^[2] Although placed in the family Nandidae by FishBase,^[3] most recent authorities place Afronandus in Polycentridae.^[4] The specific name honours the collector of the type, Leo Sheljuzhko (1890–1969), a Ukrainian-German entomologist who sent the type to Meinken.^[5]

Fourspine leaffish
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Polycentridae
Genus:	Afronandus Meinken, 1955
Species:	A. sheljuzhkoi
Binomial name
Afronandus sheljuzhkoi (Meinken, 1954)
Synonyms
For Genus: Nandopsis Meinken, 1954 (pre-occupied) For Species: Nandopsis sheljuzhkoi Meinken, 1954

This species grows to a total length of 4.8 cm (1.9 in). This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2]