Fundulopanchax scheeli

Fundulopanchax scheeli, the emerald aphyosemion, is a species of killifish, endemic to the lower Cross River basin in Nigeria.^[1] It is a coastal rainforest fish which lives in small streams and ponds. It prefers a temperature of around 75 °F (24 °C), and a slightly acidic pH around 6–7.^[3] The specific name honours the Danish count, army colonel, explorer and ichthyologist Jørgen J. Scheel (1916–1989).^[4] F. scheeli grows to a maximum size of 6 centimetres (2.4 in) total length.^[1] 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.^[1]

Fundulopanchax scheeli
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Nothobranchiidae
Genus:	Fundulopanchax
Species:	F. scheeli
Binomial name
Fundulopanchax scheeli (Radda, 1970)
Synonyms[2]
Aphyosemion burundi Scheel, 1968 Aphyosemion scheeli Radda, 1970 Aphyosemion akamkpaense Radda, 1975