Callopanchax

Callopanchax is a genus of African rivulines endemic, as the name indicates, to Africa. Some of these species are popular aquarium fish.

Callopanchax
male Callopanchax occidentalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Nothobranchiidae
Genus: Callopanchax
G. S. Myers, 1933
Type species
Aphyosemion occidentale
Clausen, 1966

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Callopanchax huwaldi (Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1980)
  • Callopanchax monroviae (Roloff & Ladiges, 1972)
  • Callopanchax occidentalis (Clausen, 1966) (Golden pheasant panchax)
  • Callopanchax sidibeorum Sonnenberg & Busch, 2010
  • Callopanchax toddi (Clausen, 1966)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Callopanchax in FishBase. August 2012 version.


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