Refers to the dark patch at the anus of both sexes.

R.H.Wildekamp & F.J.Malumbres 2003

Identification of Micropanchax scheeli with the description of a new species of the genus Poropanchax

Cybium 2004, 28(1): 61-67.

• Aplocheilichthys c.f. macrophthalmus Scheel, 1969
• Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus macrophthalmus Roman, 1971 (in part)
• Aplocheilichthys scheeli Daget, 1979
• Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus scheeli Radda & Pürzl.

Populations

• Mouanko
• CMG 23 / 01 - N3 17km N Edéa

Stream draining into the Niete River, Lobe system, southeast of Kribi.

Coastal plain from the Sanaga River estuary to Port Gentil.

Freshwater habitats in small rivers & streams with moderate flow. Usually found in schools near vegetation at water edges. Sympatric species Procatopus sp., Plataplochilus sp.

Originally known as Aplocheilichthys macrophthalmus scheeli.