Callopanchax occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Callopanchax
Species:
C. occidentalis
Binomial name
Callopanchax occidentalis
Clausen, 1966
Synonyms[2]
  • Aphyosemion occidentale Clausen, 1966
  • Fundulopanchax occidentalis (Clausen, 1966)
  • Roloffia occidentalis (Clausen, 1966)

Callopanchax occidentalis is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is endemic to Sierra Leone and western Liberia.

Ecology

C. occidentalis female

The species is an annual killifish whose eggs survive in the mud during the dry season.[2] It inhabits pools, swampy sections of streams and temporary swamps in rainforest and forested savannah, feeding on small invertebrates.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Diouf, K. (2020). "Callopanchax occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182988A134753618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182988A134753618.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Callopanchax occidentalis" in FishBase. April 2019 version.


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