Callopanchax toddi (Clausen 1966)

Male imported into the BKA in the '70's. BKA photo.

Meaning of Name

 
First Description

Aphyosemion occidentale toddi Clausen 1966

Rev. Zool. Bot Afr.74.
Size

8 cm
Meristics

D=20, A=18, D/A=0, ll=32·5
Karyotype

n=23, A=44
Sub-Genus

Group

Synonyms
  • Aphyosemion occidentale toddi Clausen 1966
  • Aphyosemion sjoestedti toddi Clausen 1966
  • Aphyosemion toddi Clausen 1966
  • Roloffia occidentalis toddi (Clausen 1966)
  • Roloffia toddi (Clausen 1966)
Populations
  • Barmoi (Sierra Leone)
  • Mabeimah (Probably a corruption of Masheineh)
  • Masheineh (Sierra Leone)
  • Mola
  • Takori (GM 97 / 6)
  • GR 208 (Guinee)
   

This fish known to be circulating in the UK in 2002/3 as 'sp.Guinea'. Possibly a form of Call.toddi.
Photo courtesy of Roger Gladwell

C.toddi being distributed in the USA in 2003 as SL 93/15 Mabeimah which may be a corruption of Masheineh.
Photo courtesy of Tony Terceira.

Guinea GR 208
 Photo courtesy of Christian Cauvet.

 
  • Barmoi (Type locality) - Collected by Clausen in 1966.
    Collected by Busch in 1993.
    Also collected north of Barmoi (southeast Kambia) in 1984 by Cauvet & Detienne.
  • Masheineh - Collected by Busch & Wiese in 1993 (SL code).
Type Locality

A forest pool near a spring close to Barmoi, western Sierra Leone.
Distribution

 
Habitat

In the type locality toddi is sympatric with Script.geryi.
Distinguishing Characteristics  
Colour/Pattern Variability  
History

Clausen described this sp (originally a subsp. of occidentale) from 2 specimens (one male & one female) collected by Roloff in a forest pool near a spring close to Barmoi, western Sierra Leone.
Clausen seperated toddi from occidentale by reproductive & general geographic isolation & differences in colour patterns.

Breeding Notes

 
Diameter of Egg 1·5 mm
Remarks