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Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) >
Nothobranchiidae (African rivulines)
Etymology: sidibeorum: Named after Mr. Samba Sidibe and his family, who first collected this fish and made specimens available for the ornamental fish trade (Ref. 84062).
Eponymy: Samba Sidibe and the Sidibe family, first collectors of this species (Guinea). No more is recorded. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
Africa: Kindia region in Guinea (Ref. 84062).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 84062); 5.9 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 19; Vertebrae: 32 - 34. This species can be distinguished from Callopanchax monroviae by insertion of first dorsal fin ray slightly anterior to first anal fin ray versus a posterior insertion; it also has a dark red to black postopercular blotch above insertion of pectoral fin (Ref. 84062). Callopanchax sidibeorum can also be distinguished from males of C. occidentalis and C. toddi by up to three irregular and interrupted horizontal stripes on flanks, an absence of vertical dark red or reddish-brown stripes or broad blotches on sides and a mainly blue to blue-green body colour; females can be distinguished by mid-laterally blue to blue-green coloured scales and the absence of the dark brown vertical stripes or blotches, similar as in males (Ref. 84062).
Habitat of type locality is depression with small water bodies, ditches and connected pools in a secondary forest adjacent to small creek; seems to prefer shaded areas (Ref. 84062). This species is an annual species with eggs with prolonged development of 2-9 month (Ref. 84062).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sonnenberg, R. and E. Busch, 2010. Description of Callopanchax sidibei (Nothobranchiidae: Epiplateinae), a new species of killifish from southwestern Guinea, West Africa. Bonn Zool. Bull. 57(1):3-14. (Ref. 84062)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
