| Family: |
Pantanodontidae (Spine killifishes) |
| Max. size: |
2.3 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish |
| Distribution: |
Africa: Kenya. |
| Diagnosis: |
This small species, with a compressed body, is distinguished from all other recent Pantanodontidae by the following characters: low anal fin ray count, 13; pelvic fins of males are uniquely modified with the second fin ray ending in a T-split, in some specimens, extremely deformed and merged into a spoon-like claw; dorsal and anal fins pointed in male (no female specimens), slightly elongated but not as extended reaching beyond hypurals; slightly diagonal dorsal area; mouth superior, wide and flattened like typical surface dwellers; eye below the vertebral column (i.e. lateral line); pelvic fin inserted between pleural ribs 4 and 5; pelvic fins reaching the origin of the anal fin; hypurals closed and rounded i.e. a fan, parhypural ankylosed at base; epural free; (number of neural and haemal spines) N/H 2-5 (of which N/H 2-4 have a truncated end, N/H 5 is pointed) (Ref. 132493). |
| Biology: |
Maximum size based on original description. |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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