Polycentridae

Fourspine leaffish

Afronandus sheljuzhkoi

Leaf fish of Ivorian and Ghanaian streams

• Tropical
• Coastal
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Africa
• Elongated
• Small
• Tropical fish

The fourspine leaffish (Afronandus sheljuzhkoi) is a species of ray-finned fish native to rivers and streams in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Although formerly placed in the family Nandidae, most recent authorities place Afronandus in Polycentridae. The specific name honours the collector of the type, Leo Sheljuzhko (1890–1969), a Ukrainian-German entomologist who sent the type to Meinken.