Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Superordo: Atherinomorphae
Ordo: Cyprinodontiformes
Subordo: Aplocheiloidei
Familia: Nothobranchiidae
Subfamilia: Epiplatinae
Genus: Callopanchax
Species: C. huwaldi – C. monroviae – C. occidentalis – C. sidibei – C. toddi
Name
Callopanchax Myers, 1933
Gender: masculine
Type species: Aphyosemion occidentale Clausen, 1966
Synonyms
Roloffia Clausen, 1966
References
Myers, G. S. (1933) The genera of Indo-Malayan and African cyprinodont fishes related to Panchax and Nothobranchius. Copeia 1933(4): 180–185.
Sonnenberg, R. & Busch, E. (2010): Description of Callopanchax sidibei (Nothobranchiidae: Epiplateinae), a new species of killifish from southwestern Guinea, West Africa. Bonn zoological Bulletin, 57 (1): 3–14. Full article (PDF)
Links
Callopanchax – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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:[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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