Callopanchax
Callopanchax is a genus of African rivulines endemic, as the name indicates, to Africa. Some of these species are popular aquarium fish.
| Callopanchax | |
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| 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
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Callopanchax in FishBase. August 2012 version.
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