After Arne Schiötz, a Danish aquarist & collector in West Africa.

Scheel J.J 1968. Aplocheilichthys schiöetzi.

Description of a new species of Procatopodinae (Cyprinodontidae; Pisces) from Ghana, with remarks on the frontal patterns of scales and of neuromasts in West African Procatopodine species.

Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 78: pages 277-283 figure 1-2.

30·5 mm Standard Length, 39 mm Total Length (Scheel 1968), 35 mm Standard Length (Lévêgue, Paugy & Teugels 1992)

• D = 7-9, A = 14-16, ll = 24-25 (Scheel 1968)
• D = 7-8, A = 12-15, D/A = 1/7-9, ll = 25-27 (Berkenkamp & Etzel 1981)
• D = 8·2, A = 14·4, D/A = 6·8, ll = 26·3 (Huber, Killi-Data).
• D = 8-12, A = 13-17, D/A = 1/5-8 (Romand 1992)

• Haplochilus macrurus (non Boulenger 1904) Pellegrin 1923
• Aplocheilichthys macrurus (non Boulenger 1904) Daget 1957
• Aplocheilichthys cf. macrurus (non Boulenger 1904) Daget & Iltis 1965
• Aplocheilichthys schiöetzi Scheel 1968
• Aplocheilichthys schioetzi Loiselle 1974
• Aplocheilichthys monikae Berkenkamp & Etzel 1976
• Aplocheilichthys cf. schioetzi Schmitt & Schmitt 1979
• Aplocheilichthys terofali Berkenkamp & Etzel 1981
• Micropanchax schioetzi Huber 1982
• Micropanchax monicae Huber 1982
• Micropanchax terofali Huber, Seegers & Wildekamp 1983

• Adansu River
• Afiénou
• Kumasi (Bobiri Forest Reserve)
• Owabi
• Yo (monikae)

• Akoupé - Collected in the Agnébi River, southern Ivory Coast by Paugy et al. in 1978.
• Ansa Creek, close to Boma (Bomaa?), eastern Ghana. Collected by Lamboj in 1993.
• Close to Danané in a tributary of the Cavally River, western Ivory Coast. Collected by Paugy et al. in 1977.
• Golokuati. Collected in a tributary of the Dayi River within the Volta basin, Ghana by Loiselle in 1970.
• Kumasi, within the Bobiri Forest Reserve (seen corrupted to Robiri), Ghana. Collected by Schiötz in 1961.
• Close to Zouan on the Nipoué River, western Ivory Coast. Collected by Paugy et al. in 1977.

Bobiri Forest Reserve, Kumasi.

Well distributed in Liberia, Ghana & Ivory Coast. Replaced to the west of their range by Rhex.nimbaensis & to the east by Procatopus sp.

Primary forest areas in the foothills of the plateau in small rivulets/streams. These streams are recorded as being clear water with some flow rate over a sand base. Depth of water has been recorded at 30 cm, water temperature 20-30°C. Sympatric sp. include E.chaperi sheljuzhkoi, E.chaperi schreiberi, E.olbrechtsi olbrechtsi & Poropanchax rancureli.
This sp. is found in mid-water levels in shoals. They lay eggs on aquatic plants & roots of terrestrial plants at waters edge.

Reports from Killi-Data suggest a sand base, mops, Java fern & direct sunlight.
Sexual maturity in 20 weeks. Full maturity at 7 months with a life expectancy of 3 years.