Revised 11.01.2014

Firstdescription:	Sonnenberg, R. & E. Busch:	-"Description of Callopanchax sidibei (Nothobranchiidae: Epiplateinae), a new species of killifish from southwestern Guinea, West Africa."
		Bonn zoological Bulletin, 57 (1): 3-14, 2010.

Terra typica:-"Guinea, Guinée maritime, Kindia region, small river and adjacent pools and ditches in a secondary forest (9°32.71’ N, 13°14.51’ W), close to the small village Bombokoré, about 3 km from the closest larger village Fandi, collection locality GM 08/2, E. Busch and B. Wiese, 25.10.2008."^{(Sonnenberg & Busch: p.6-7, 2010)}

Fig. 1: A male (left) and a female (right) of Cal. sidibei "Guinea, CI 92" from the comercial import of 1992, same location as the type-locality. Photo G. Huijgevoort.

Etymologi: -"The new species is named after Mr. Samba Sidibe and his family, who first collected this fish and made specimens available for the ornamental fish trade. It is named in acknowledgement of their high interest in this species, their effort for a sustainable use and protection of the habitat, and providing important information for the description."^{(Sonnenberg & Busch: p.11, 2010)} Sonnenberg & Busch ^{(Sonnenberg & Busch: p.11, 2010)} proposed a new name Callopanchax sidibeorum ## Huber 2011# Killi-Data Series##Name emended to sidibeorum in an Errata, Sonnenberg & Busch, 2011, Bonn zoological Bull. v. 60 (no. 1):113 [ref. 31325]. The spelling sidibei cannot be regarded an incorrect original spelling; authorship and date go with the original author and date however.. But according to Huber 2011:15 [ref. 32140] sidibei is the correct original spelling and should be maintained as sidibeorum is not in current usage. •Valid as Callopanchax sidibei Sonnenberg & Busch 2010. Current status: Valid as Callopanchax sidibei Sonnenberg & Busch 2010. #

Systematik: ##C. monroviae hører til slægten Callopanchax, som indeholder arterne C. monroviae, C. occidentalis og C. toddi. C. monroviae kan let adskilles fra de andre arter af Callopanchax, idet de to til tre første rygfinnestråler er brune hos hannen, ved ophidselse farves disse sorte. Hvorimod farven ikke adskiller sig fra den samlede farve af rygfinnen, hos hanner af C. occidentalis og C. toddi. C. monroviae hannen har et strubemønster bestående af røde streger på blå baggrund, hvorimod C. occidentalis og C. toddi har en ren mørkeblå strube uden mønster. Også hunnernes tegning er anderledes, de rækker af røde pletter (TT), som er på kroppen af C. monroviae hunnen, mangler helt hos hunnerne af C. occidentalis og C. toddi. Mens rygfinnen og den forreste del af halefinnen hos C. occidentalis har små mørke pletter, er samtlige finner hos hunner af C. monroviae transparent og uden nogen tegning.
I modsætning til C. occidentalis og C. toddi er gatfinnen hos C. monroviae kun lidt udtrukket. Hos C. occidentalis og C. toddi er de sidste stråler i gatfinnen som regel stærkt forlænget, når det drejer sig om udvoksede eksemplarer. Dette er ikke tilfældet hos C. monroviae.
C. monroviae kan let adskilles meristisk fra de andre Callopanchax-arter, idet rygfinnen (D) har færre finnestråler end gatfinnen (A), og første finnestråle i D er bagved begyndelsen af A. Desuden har C. monroviae færre finnestråler i D end de to andre Callopanchax-arter.

Evt. Photo W. Kugelmann?

Fig. 1:

Synonymer:	Roloffia sp. "Guinea, CI 92" Busch 1993.
	Fundulopanchax species aff. toddi Wildekamp 1996.
	Callopanchax sp. Guinea Wildekamp & Van der Zee 2003
	Callopanchax huwaldi Neumann 2005, misidentification.
	Callopanchax sidibei Sonnenberg & Busch 2010

Meristik: :-"####Callopanchax sidibei (Fig. 2A–D) shares with its congeners the following combination of diagnostic characters within the Epiplateinae: large and robust species, dorsal and anal fins with a high number of fin rays, origin of dorsal fin close to origin of anal fin. A species with strong sexual dimorphism, adult males usually larger, with larger fins and more colourful than females. Maximum observed SL in males 59.9 mm, in females 59.0 mm. Body
cylindrical, outline from tip of snout to posterior end of dorsal and anal fin convex, on caudal peduncle dorsally and ventrally slightly concave to nearly straight. Greatest body depth approximately at half distance between origins of pectoral and pelvic fins. Snout slightly pointed, mouth directed upwards, lower jaw longer than upper jaw; many irregularly distributed unicuspid, slightly curved teeth of different size, a small number of larger ones on the outer row of upper and lower jaw. Closed frontal neuromast system in one groove, preopercular neuromast system with 5 pores. Total number of vertebrae 32–34, number of vertebrae with pleural ribs 14–16, with haemal spines 17–19. The
X-ray images indicate that in about half of the studied specimens the hypural plates are fused, as no gap or indication of overlap is visible.
Fins in males slightly larger than in females, base of dorsal mean value 28.2 % of standard length (SL) in males versus 25.7 % SL, base of anal in males 23.1 % SL versus 18.2 % SL in females. Dorsal and anal fin rounded or slightly pointed, no long filamentous extension, fin insertion in both sexes posterior to mid-body. In large adult males, dorsal and anal fin rays sometimes protrude from the fin membran, giving the impression of a rugged fin border. Papillae on anal fin rays in males. First 2–4 dorsal fin rays anterior of origin of anal fin. Dorsal fin rays 19–21, anal fin rays 17–19. Caudal fin rounded or slightly truncated, 29–34 fin rays. The single specimen with 29 caudal fin rays has a small gap between the anterior dorsally situated rays explaining the comparatively low value. Pectoral fin origin on ventral half of side, posterior of opercle, rounded, extending posteriorly, not reaching origin of pelvic fin. Pelvic fin small and slightly pointed, not or just reaching anal fin. Scales cycloid, body and head entirely scaled except throat, scales dorso-anteriorly larger then ventrally and posteriorly, frontal squamation of G-type, scales on lateral line 32-34 + 3-5 on caudal fin base, not all scales along lateral line with small grooves in center. Transverse row of scales above pelvic fin 10–13, circumpeduncular scale row 15–16. (Sonnenberg & Busch: p.9-10, 2010)

Holotype		Types	Types	all Types	all Types	all Types SD
		mean	mean	mean	range
Standard length	58.5	48.4	50.7	49.7	39.0–59.9	6.8
Total length	124.8	124.6	122.7	123.5	117.1–132.5	4.5
Head length	28.4	29.2	29.1	29.1	27.7–30.5	0.9
Predorsal fin distance	56.7	57.6	60.1	59.0	55.4–63.2	1.9
Prepelvic fin distance	54.1	52.0	52.7	52.4	49.1–56.6	2.0
Preanal fin distance	62.9	62.5	64.2	63.5	60.1–68.9	2.3
Greatest body depth	24.3	23.3	22.3	22.7	20.0–25.8	1.6
Depth of caudal peduncle	13.3	13.2	12.1	12.6	10.7–14.6	1.0
Length of caudal peduncle	23.1	21.6	22.1	21.9	17.8–25.1	1.7
Base of dorsal fin	28.3	28.2	25.7	26.8	23.5–30.7	1.9
Base of anal fin	23.2	23.1	18.2	20.3	17.6–24.6	2.6
Eye diameter	7.2	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.1–7.6	0.4
Interorbital distance	13.7	12.1	11.7	11.9	10.3–13.7	0.8
Dorsal fin rays	19	19.8	19.8	19.8	19–21	0.8
Anal fin rays	17	17.9	18.1	18.0	17–19	0.6
Dorsal / anal fin position	-2	-2.8	-3.2	-3.0	-2– -4	0.7
Caudal fin rays	33	32.0	31.8	31.9	29–34	1.2
Total number of vertebrae	33	33.1	32.6	32.8	32–34	0.7
Vertebrae with pleural ribs	15	15.2	14.8	15.0	14–16	0.7
Vertebrae with haemal spines	18	17.9	17.8	17.8	17–19	0.6
Lateral line scales	34+4	33.2+3.8	33.1+3.5	33.1+3.6	32-34+3-5	0.9+0.6
Transverse row of scales	12	11.2	10.8	11.0	10–13	0.8
Scales around caudal peduncle	16	15.9	15.8	15.9	15–16	0.4

Statistics: ###Contrary to Cal. occidentalis, Cal. toddi? and Cal. monroviae, there are no difference in the number of finrays between males and females.

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Osteology: ###

Genetics: ###DNA. (Sonnenberg & Busch.: p., 2010)

Description: :-"###."(Sonnenberg & Busch: p., 2010)

Variation: "###."(Sonnenberg & Busch: p., 2010)

Distribution: #Distribution and habitat. Currently C. sidibeorum is only known from the type locality close to the small village Bombokore, despite some effort to find further occurrences of this species in the vicinity. Bombokore is the spelling in the Sousou language, it might have a different spelling on maps or gazetteers.

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The turquise dot represents an approximately collection locality of Callopanchax sidibeorum.

Known Populations:		Collectors	Nr.	Geographic coordinates
	Bombokoré, about 3 km from the closest larger village Fandi.	S. Sidibe, 1992?(1991?)	1	9°32.71’ N, 13°14.51’ W
	Bombokoré, about 3 km from the closest larger village Fandi, collection locality GM 97/2.	E. Busch, B. Weise & W. Kugelmann 1997	1	9°32.71’ N, 13°14.51’ W
	Bombokoré, about 3 km from the closest larger village Fandi, collection locality GM 08/2.	E. Busch and B. Wiese, 25.10.2008.	1	9°32.71’ N, 13°14.51’ W

Biotopes: -"#The habitat is a depression with small water bodies, ditches and connected pools in a secondary forest adjacent to a small creek. The water in the creek is only slowly flowing and stagnant in pools and ditches. During the first collection in 1997, the second author measured an air temperature of 36‹C, the water temperature in the creek was 27‹C and 29‹C in ditches, pH was about 5.2, conductivity 10ƒÊS/cm. Water in the ditches was about 20.30 cm deep and clear, the bottom consists of of sand and some stones with a layer of decaying leaves and wood with no aquatic vegetation. Herbaceous plants were found along the edges. Callopanchax sidibeorum and Epiplatys fasciolatus (Gunther, 1866) were found in ditches and pools with standing water. In places with only grass and no leaf cover, only Scriptaphyosemion geryi was recorded. During the collection in 2008, the depression was flooded. The stagnant or slowly flowing water was shaded by herbaceous vegetation and young trees on edges and some aquatic vegetation, especially Nymphea. Air temperaturewas 31°C, water temperature 27°C, water depth about 60–80 cm maximum. Interestingly the specimens caught in 2008 were of different size, from juveniles with about 2.5 cm total length to full grown adults, and in good condition, whereas in 1997 all were fully grown and showed first signs of ageing. During the last visits in 2008 and 2009 only a little human impact on the forest could be detected. Callopanchax sidibeorum seems to prefer shaded areas of the water bodies with slow flowing or standing water. However, the life cycle of this species depends on the flowing water of the creek, because there is a seasonal connection between the creek and the pools and ditches. During the rain season the creek floods the depression and provides habitat, fresh water and food sources for the growing juveniles. Later, the inflow is reduced and isolated or partially connected pools and ditches are formed, which dry out during the dry season. Within these water bodies reproduction takes place and adult fish most likely die during the dry season. Callopanchax sidibeorum is, like its congeners (e.g. Scheel 1968; Wildekamp 1996), an annual species with eggs showing a prolonged development of 2–9 month, apparently an adaptation to temporary water bodies. However, some adults might move during the dry season into the flowing creek, which is supported by the observation of the local people. #####". (Sonnenberg & Busch: p., 2010)-"...° C. ° dH. ..."

Biologi: Tørtider #

Breeding: -"###". (?Sonnenberg & Busch: p., 2010):-"

Literature:

Berkenkamp H. O. & V. Etzel:	-"Information über die vier Arten der Gattung Callopanchax MYERS, 1933 der ehemaligen Gattung Roloffia CLAUSEN, 1966."
	Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal 35: 205–214, 2003.
Busch, E.:	-"Kurz vorgestellt: Ein Neuer aus Westafrika."
	Deutsche Killifisch Gemeinschaft Journal, Jg. 25 (4), p.63-64, 1993. (sp. Guinea, CI 92)
Huber, J. H.:	-"Comments on the Name Correction of Callopanchax sidibei into C. sidibeorum, by Sonnenberg & Busch, 2010."
	Killi-Data Series 2011 p.13-15
Murphy, W. J., Nguyen, T. N. P., Taylor, E. B. & G. E. Collier:	-"Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny of West African Aplocheiloid Killifishes (Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae)."
	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 11; No. 3: p.343-350, April 1999. (Callo. sp. Guinea).
Sonnenberg, R. & E. Busch:	-"Description of Callopanchax sidibei (Nothobranchiidae: Epiplateinae), a new species of killifish from southwestern Guinea, West Africa."
	Bonn zoological Bulletin, 57 (1): 3-14, 2010.
Sonnenberg, R. & E. Busch:	-"Erratum to: Sonnenberg & Busch (2010) Description of Callopanchax sidibei (Nothobranchiidae: Epiplateinae), a new species of killifish from southwestern Guinea, West Africa."
	Bonn zoological Bulletin, 60 (1): 113, 2011.
Wildekamp, R. H.:	-"A World of Killies. Atlas of the Oviparous Cyprinodontiform Fishes of the World."
	AKA publ., Vol. III: 330 pp., 1996.