Eastcoast lampeye

Eastcoast lampeye
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cyprinodontiformes
Family:Poeciliidae
Genus:Pantanodon
Species: P. stuhlmanni
Binomial name
Pantanodon stuhlmanni
(C. G. E. Ahl, 1924)

The eastcoast lampeye (Pantanodon stuhlmanni) is a species of fish in the family Poeciliidae. It is endemic to coastal Kenya and Tanzania, where found in brackish water, mangrove swamps, pools, lagoons and river deltas. It reaches up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in total length.[2]

Sources

  1. Hanssens, M. 2005. Pantanodon stuhlmanni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Pantanodon stuhlmanni" in FishBase. April 2017 version.


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