Eastcoast lampeye

The eastcoast lampeye is a species of fish in the family Pantanodontidae. It is endemic to coastal Kenya and Tanzania, where found in brackish water, mangrove swamps, pools, lagoons and river deltas. It reaches up to in total length. This fish was described by Ernst Ahl as Haplochilichthys stuhlmanni with the type locality given as Tanganyika Territory. The specific name honours the co-leader of the German East Africa Expedition on which type was collected, Franz Ludwig Stuhlmann of the German Colonial Service.
It was previously thought to be synonymous with Pantanodon podoxys from Tanzania, with the latter species being synonymized with A. stuhlmanni and the species being known as Pantanodon stuhlmanni. However, phylogenetic evidence supports the two being distinct species belonging to different genera.