Fundulopanchax kamdemi

Fundulopanchax kamdemi

Seven Point Three Centimeters Nothobranchiid Fish of African Waters

Fundulopanchax kamdemi is a freshwater fish of Africa. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 7.3 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Killifishes and Livebearers
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Fundulopanchax
Maximum length: 7.3 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Africa: Cameroon. Fundulopanchax kamdemi is known from a limited number of localities, all within the Korup National Park. It was mentioned as Aphyosemion sp. 01 (cf. A. cameronense) in McGregor Reid (1989)from the Akpa-Yafe River and the upper Ndian River, in southern Korup only. This was confirmed by comparing the specimens, deposited by Kamdem Toham, as Aphyosemion sp. (KORUP 01) in the collection of the Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium. He found them in the swampy parts that edge the small creeks under the cover of the forest in the southern Korup close to the Science camp (Kamdem Toham, 1992). Additionally the three collection localities, studied by the first author, confirmed the presence of the new species in the southern part of the Park only. Presence in the adjacent O
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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