Callopanchax occidentalis
Callopanchax occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Aplocheilidae |
Genus: | Callopanchax |
Species: | C. occidentalis |
Binomial name | |
Callopanchax occidentalis Clausen, 1966 | |
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Callopanchax occidentalis is a species of fish in the Aplocheilidae family. It is endemic to Sierra Leone and western Liberia.
Ecology
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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 2 Lalèyè, P. (2010). "Callopanchax occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T182988A8017250. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Callopanchax occidentalis in FishBase. December 2016 version.
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