Collected by Vollrad Etzel & Willie
Kessel in Sierra Leone, October/November 1975.
Little confusing as many collecting sites are very close & bundled into
the same collecting number. For example, a stream & a flooded area or ricefield
can be the same code.
SLE 1 - 500 metres after York towards Kent | Collected 31st October 1975, 14.05 hrs. Fast flowing brook 500 metres after York in the direction of Kent. E.fasciolatus |
SLE 2 - From York | Collected 31.10.75 at 15.30 hrs. Two locations. First, a fairly fast flowing brook. E.fasciolatus, barbs & shrimps. The second location was only 20 metres upstream in a temporary 'water hole' where they collected Script.roloffi & E.fasciolatus. Known as sites "A & 2B. |
SLE 3 - Just before Bawbaw | Collected 31.10.75. E.fasciolatus, single cichlid sp. |
SLE 4 | No data recorded |
SLE 5 - North of Port Loko | Collected 1st November. Moderate flowing brook. Again, 2 sites. A ricefield fed by the brook 10 metres from the brook contained Script.chaytori & E.fasciolatus. |
SLE 6 - From Port Loko towards Lungi Airport. Bundulai (also seen as Bundulay). | Collected 1.11.75 in a ricefield 500 metres north of the road after Bundulay. Script. etzeli |
SLE 7 - Kirma | Collected 1.11.75.
Moderate flowing brook 3-4 metres wide situated around 500 metres north
of the main road E.fasciolatus,
Lampeyes, Red Cichlid & 1 other cichlid sp. The second area was an adjacent ricefield a little north of the site above. Script. etzeli (Type Locality), Ps.annulatus |
SLE 8 - Robis I | Collected 3.11.75 at 11.45 hrs. Slow flowing brook around 10 kms south of the Rokel River at Robis I. E.fasciolatus, Script.geryi, tadpoles. |
SLE 9 - Masiaka | Collected 3.11.75. Script.roloffi |
SLE 10 - Magbenta | Collected 3.11.75.
Another 2 collecting sites. First a ricefield around 1 km east of the
main road along a dirt road until coming on a brook. Left side of this
road over a log bridge to a ricefield. E.fasciolatus,
Script.roloffi. Second location, water holes on the right of the dirt road. Script.roloffi, Call.occidentalis, tadpoles. |
SLE 11 - Brama Town | Collected 3rd & 5th November in 3 locations. Firstly a slow flowing brook at the right side of the road at Brama Town where no Killies were found & a second location, a ricefield around 400 metres from the road where E.fasciolatus, Script.roloffi were collected. A third area probably a water hole Call.occidentalis. |
SLE 12 - Mamara | E.fasciolatus |
SLE 13 - Makere | E.fasciolatus, Ps.annulatus, Script.roloffi. |
SLE 14 - Malaisuku | E.fasciolatus |
SLE 15 - Newton (Ma-bafe) | Collected 5.11.75. Script.roloffi. |
SLE 16 - Ma-nalo | Script.roloffi |
SLE 17 - Ngabu | Collected 20 kms
west of Moyamba at Ngabu. Two locations - A - Moderately fast flowing brook to a dam. This was on the left side of the road. On the right side a narrow trail which was flooded in some areas. Call.occidentalis (huwaldi Type Locality) B - Second nearby location was a swampy area on both sides of this trail. Collected here 7.11.75 & 13-14.11.75. Script.chaytori, Ps.annulatus, E.fasciolatus, lampeyes, barbs,characin sp. & tadpoles. |
SLE 18 - Bangbama | Collected 7.11.75 at 13.15 - 13.30 hrs. A slow flowing tributary of the Kukuli, slightly dammed in front of a small bridge. E.fasciolatus, Script chaytori, lampeyes. |
SLE 19 | No data recorded |
SLE 20 - Mafundi | Collected 7.11.75. Ricefield 200 metres from the town of Mafundi on the right side of the road. Call.toddi (1 female), Script.geryi, E.fasciolatus, lampeyes, barbs. |
SLE 21 - Jakombi | Collected 7.11.75. Ricefield on the right side of the road. E.bifasciatus, Script.geryi, lampeyes, barbs. |
SLE 22 | No data recorded |
SLE 23 | No data recorded |
SLE 24 | No data recorded |
SLE 25 - Bonkorkon | Collected 8.11.75. A few kms south west of Rokupr, west of Port Loko. E.lokoensis, E.fasciolatus, E.barmoiensis, E.bifasciatus, Ps.annulatus, Script.roloffi, Script, etzeli, Poropanchax normanni. |
SLE 26 - Laminaya (Also seen as Laminaja) | Script. etzeli, E.fasciolatus. |
SLE 27 - Rokupr | E.fasciolatus |
SLE 28 | No data recorded |
SLE 29 - Tintafol | E.fasciolatus |
SLE 30 - Hastings | Slow to fast flowing stream. Collected in 2 areas. Dates are unclear but between 12 - 15.11.75. Just after Hastings, coming from Freetown. First location E.fasciolatus, cichlids, barbs & catfish. Second location Script.roloffi (then called spec.hastingsi). |
SLE 31 - Macdonald | Slow flowing brook on the boundaries of Macdonald. Collected 13.11.75. E.fasciolatus, barbs. |
SLE 32 - During Town | Slow flowing water course between Macdonald & Russel on the left side of the road at During Town. Collected 13.11.75. E.fasciolatus, Script.roloffi. |
SLE 33 | No data recorded |
SLE 34 - 800 metres southwest of Kambia | Ricefield on the main road between Lungi & Port Loko, 800m-1km southwest of Kambia. South side of road. Collected 15.11.75. Script.roloffi. |
Useful Literature in support of this data :-:
Berkenkamp, H.O.: -"Description provisoire
de Roloffia etzeli sp. nov. un nouveau cyprinodontidae de Sierra Leone."
AKFB-Publ.: 11 pp., Feb. 1979.
Berkenkamp, H.O.: Roloffia huwaldi Berkenkamp & Etzel, 1980.
DKG J.,18 (4): 4pp., Juni 1986.
Berkenkamp, H.O. & V.Etzel: -"Epiplatys lokoensis spec. nov.-eine
neue Hechtlingsart des Uberartenkreises Epiplatys bifasciatus (Steindachner,
1881) aus Sierra Leone."
DKG J.,10 (9): p.152-162, 1978.
Berkenkamp, H.O. & V.Etzel: -"Description provisoire de Roloffia
huwaldi spec. nov., un noveau Cyprinodontidae de Sierra Leone. (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae)."
AKFB-Publ. 8 (5): 19 pp., 1980.
Etzel,V. & H.O.Berkenkamp: -"Roloffia geryi (Lambert, 1958)."
DKG J.,11 (6): p.81-88, 1979.
Etzel, V. & H.O.Berkenkamp: -"Kreuzungsexperimente zur Identifizierung
eines Roloffia-Wildfangs und von Roloffia "caldal"."
DKG J.,12 (5): 65-72, 1980.
Etzel,V. & H.O.Berkenkamp: -"Kreuzungsexperimente mit Roloffia roloffi-Populationen
der Westregion Sierra Leones.I."
DKG J.,12 (8): p.113-127, 1980b.
Etzel, V. & H.O.Berkenkamp: -"Etudes biochimiques sur le groupe R.
occidentalis."
AKFB-Publ., 17pp, Dec. 1981.
Etzel, V. & H.O.Berkenkamp: -"Etude de R. roloffi, R. geryi &
R. etzeli."
AKFB-KC., X (6): Separatum 42 pp., 28. Nov. 1982.
Etzel, V.: -"Killifisch Studien in Sierra Leone. 1. Allgemeines und Killifische
der Halbinsel Sierra Leone."
DKG-Journal, 9 (12): p.189-199, Dezember 1977.
Etzel, V.: -"Killifisch ~ Studien in Sierra Leone. 2. Killifische der
Distrikte Port Loko und Kambia."
DKG-Journal, 10 (1): p.9-20, Januar 1978.
Etzel, V.: -"Killifisch ~ Studien in Sierra Leone. 3. Killifische des
Distriktes Moyamba."
DKG-Journal, 10 (3): p.37-46, März 1978.
Etzel,V.: -"Roloffia roloffi-Populationen der West-Region von Sierra
Leone."
DKG J.,10 (9): p.143-151, 1978.
Kessel, W.: -"Die Entdeckung von "Etzel's Toddi"."
DKG-Journal, 8(10): 115-121, 1976.
Roloff, E.: -""Etzels Toddi" -ein Neuer aus dem Füllhorn
Westafrikas."
Aquarien Magazin, 10 (12), p.522-524, 1976.