Callopanchax Occidentalis Teme Yella SL89 DRCH, Female
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''Callopanchax'' is a genus of
African rivuline 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 ...
s endemic, as the name indicates, to Africa. Some of these species are popular
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fish.


Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''
Callopanchax huwaldi ''Callopanchax'' is a genus of African rivulines endemic, as the name indicates, to Africa. Some of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * '' Callopanchax huwaldi'' ( Ber ...
'' ( Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1980) * ''
Callopanchax monroviae ''Callopanchax'' is a genus of African rivulines endemic, as the name indicates, to Africa. Some of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Callopanchax huwaldi'' ( Berk ...
'' ( Roloff & Ladiges, 1972) * ''
Callopanchax occidentalis ''Callopanchax occidentalis'' is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. 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 bo ...
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, 1966)
(Golden pheasant panchax) * ''
Callopanchax sidibeorum ''Callopanchax'' is a genus of African rivulines endemic, as the name indicates, to Africa. Some of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Callopanchax huwaldi'' ( Berk ...
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Callopanchax toddi ''Callopanchax'' is a genus of African rivulines endemic, as the name indicates, to Africa. Some of these species are popular aquarium fish. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: * ''Callopanchax huwaldi'' ( Berk ...
'' (
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 {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub