Fundulopanchax sjostedti

Fundulopanchax sjostedti
	Male in an aquarium
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Nothobranchiidae
Genus:	Fundulopanchax
Species:	F. sjostedti
Binomial name
	Fundulopanchax sjostedti; (Lönnberg, 1895)
Synonyms
	Aphyosemion sjostedti (Lönnberg, 1895); Aphyosemion sjoestedti (Lönnberg, 1895); Fundulopanchax sjoestedti (Lönnberg, 1895); Fundulus gularis caerulea Boulenger, 1915; Aphyosemion caeruleum (Boulenger, 1915); Fundulopanchax caeruleus (Boulenger, 1915); Fundulus caeruleus Boulenger, 1915; Aphyosemion coeruleum (Boulenger, 1915); Fundulus zimmeri Ahl, 1924; Aphyosemion zimmeri (Ahl, 1924); Fundulopanchax zimmeri (Ahl, 1924) ;

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. 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.

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