Splendid fish.

Fundulus splendidus Pellegrin 1930

ibid 55.

7 cm (+3) Scheel 1968

Scheel in ROTOW 1 p 413 commented that A.batesii & A.splendidum are 'seperated by their meristic character, not colour patterns'.

D = 15-18, A = 15-17, D/A = 1-2A, ll = 33-36. Scheel 1968

• Fundulus splendidus Pellegrin 1930

• Djoum
• Ebiang
• Equateur
• Makokou
• Mebassa
• Meyo Messi (A blue phenotype)
• Ntolo

Sangha drainage (exact location unknown).

Pellegrin described this sp. from 56 specimens collected by Baudon in the Sangha drainage. Additional material (23 specimens collected on the road between Suanké & Gara-Binzam) was collected in the Ivindo-Ogowe drainage area.
Scheel later examined the preserved fish collected by Baudon in the Sangha drainage & commented how they still retained much or their colour & fin filaments (in some males). The type specimens were preserved in alcohol.
The 23 specimens collected on the road between Suanké & Gara-Binzam were preserved in formalin & as such all red pigmentation was destroyed. These individuals were much darker than the 56 specimens collected by Baudon.

Huber rediscovered the sp. on a collecting trip to the Congo in 1978 in the area of Pellegrin's type material. This area was located south of Ouesso on the Sangha River.

When this sp. first came into the UK some breeders reported getting 100% females. There appeared to be 2 forms circulating, one hatched out in 6 weeks whilst the other took 6 weeks of dry storage before any hatching attempt.
First signs of differences between the sexes appear in 5 - 8 weeks.