Callopanchax occidentalis

Callopanchax occidentalis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Nothobranchiidae
Genus:	Callopanchax
Species:	C. occidentalis
Binomial name
	Callopanchax occidentalis; Clausen, 1966
Synonyms
	Aphyosemion occidentale Clausen, 1966; Fundulopanchax occidentalis (Clausen, 1966); Roloffia occidentalis (Clausen, 1966);

Callopanchax occidentalis is a species of killifish in the family Nothobranchiidae. It is endemic to Sierra Leone and western Liberia.

Ecology

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

^ ^a ^b Diouf, K. (2020). "Callopanchax occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182988A134753618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182988A134753618.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Callopanchax occidentalis". FishBase. April 2019 version.

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[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Diouf, K. (2020). "Callopanchax occidentalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T182988A134753618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T182988A134753618.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Callopanchax occidentalis". FishBase. April 2019 version.

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