Revised 11.01.2014
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)
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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? |
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 | |
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all Types | all Types | ||
mean | range | |||||
Standard length | 50.7 | 49.7 | 6.8 | |||
Total length | 122.7 | 123.5 | 4.5 | |||
Head length | 29.1 | 29.1 | 0.9 | |||
Predorsal fin distance | 60.1 | 59.0 | 1.9 | |||
Prepelvic fin distance | 52.7 | 52.4 | 2.0 | |||
Preanal fin distance | 64.2 | 63.5 | 2.3 | |||
Greatest body depth | 22.3 | 22.7 | 1.6 | |||
Depth of caudal peduncle | 12.1 | 12.6 | 1.0 | |||
Length of caudal peduncle | 22.1 | 21.9 | 1.7 | |||
Base of dorsal fin | 25.7 | 26.8 | 1.9 | |||
Base of anal fin | 18.2 | 20.3 | 2.6 | |||
Eye diameter | 6.8 | 6.8 | 0.4 | |||
Interorbital distance | 11.7 | 11.9 | 0.8 | |||
Dorsal fin rays | 19.8 | 19.8 | 0.8 | |||
Anal fin rays | 18.1 | 18.0 | 0.6 | |||
Dorsal / anal fin position | -3.2 | -3.0 | 0.7 | |||
Caudal fin rays | 31.8 | 31.9 | 1.2 | |||
Total number of vertebrae | 32.6 | 32.8 | 0.7 | |||
Vertebrae with pleural ribs | 14.8 | 15.0 | 0.7 | |||
Vertebrae with haemal spines | 17.8 | 17.8 | 0.6 | |||
Lateral line scales | 33.1+3.5 | 33.1+3.6 | 0.9+0.6 | |||
Transverse row of scales | 10.8 | 11.0 | 0.8 | |||
Scales around caudal peduncle | 15.8 | 15.9 | 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.
#Sensory organels:#
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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Known Populations: | Collectors | |||
Bombokoré, about 3 km from the closest larger village Fandi. | S. Sidibe, 1992?(1991?) | |||
Bombokoré, about 3 km from the closest larger village Fandi, collection locality GM 97/2. | E. Busch, B. Weise & W. Kugelmann 1997 | |||
Bombokoré, about 3 km from the closest larger village Fandi, collection locality GM 08/2. | E. Busch and B. Wiese, 25.10.2008. | |||
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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 36C, the water temperature in the creek was 27C and 29C in ditches, pH was about 5.2, conductivity 10ÊS/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 6080 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 29 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):-"
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