''Callopanchax occidentalis'' is a species of
killifish in the
family Nothobranchiidae
Nothobranchiidae are a family of bony fishes containing roughly 300 species, also known as African rivulines. They are small killifish, usually measuring about . They are limited to Africa, living in fresh water but being also somewhat salt-tol ...
. It is
endemic to
Sierra Leone and western
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean ...
.
Ecology
The species is an
annual killifish whose eggs survive in the mud during the dry season.
It inhabits pools, swampy sections of streams and temporary swamps in rainforest and forested savannah, feeding on small invertebrates.
References
Nothobranchiidae
Fish described in 1966
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