Callopanchax occidentalis
Species of fish
| Callopanchax occidentalis | |
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Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[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[2] | |
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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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