Callopanchax occidentalis

Callopanchax occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Aplocheilidae
Genus: Callopanchax
Species: C. occidentalis
Binomial name
Callopanchax occidentalis
Clausen, 1966
Synonyms
  • Aphyosemion occidentale
  • Fundulopanchax occidentalis
  • Roloffia occidentalis
  • Fundulus sjöstedti
  • Aphyosemion sjoestedti
  • Aphyosemion sjoestedti sjoestedti
  • Fundulopanchax sjoestedti
  • Nothobranchius sjoestedti
  • Fundulus sjoestedti

Callopanchax occidentalis is a species of fish in the Aplocheilidae family. 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 Lalèyè, P. (2010). "Callopanchax occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T182988A8017250. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Callopanchax occidentalis in FishBase. December 2016 version.


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