''Callopanchax'' is a
genus
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of
African rivuline
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s
endemic
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, as the name indicates, to
Africa
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. Some of these species are popular
aquarium
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fish.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Callopanchax huwaldi''
( Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1980)
* ''
Callopanchax monroviae''
( Roloff & Ladiges, 1972)
* ''
Callopanchax occidentalis''
(Clausen Clausen is a Danish language, Danish patronymic surname, literally meaning ''child of Claus'', Claus being a German language, German form of the Greek language, Greek Νικόλαος, Nikolaos, (cf. Nicholas), used in Denmark at least since the 16t ...
, 1966) (Golden pheasant panchax)
* ''
Callopanchax sidibeorum''
Sonnenberg
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& Busch, 2010
* ''
Callopanchax toddi''
(Clausen Clausen is a Danish language, Danish patronymic surname, literally meaning ''child of Claus'', Claus being a German language, German form of the Greek language, Greek Νικόλαος, Nikolaos, (cf. Nicholas), used in Denmark at least since the 16t ...
, 1966)
References
Nothobranchiidae
Fish of Africa
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by George S. Myers
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