Callopanchax huwaldi (Berkenkamp & Etzel 1980)
Cal.huwaldi
Blue form & notably
more aggressive.
Photo courtesy of Roger Gladwell
Meaning of Name | |
First Description |
Roloffia huwaldi Berkenkamp, H. O. and V. Etzel 1980 Description provisoire de Roloffia huwaldi spec. nov. Killi-contact: Périodique bimestriel / Association Killiphile Francophone de Belgique v. 8 (no. 5): 1-19. |
Size |
6·6 cm SL (Scheel ROTOW2) |
Meristics | |
Karyotype | |
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Synonyms | |
Populations
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Largo - Collected by Busch in 1989 (SL 89 code). Ngabu - Possibly collected by Berkenkamp in 1980. |
Type Locality |
Moyamba District near Ngabu, about 20 kilometers from Moyamba, southern central Sierra Leone. |
Distribution |
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Distinguishing Characteristics | |
Colour/Pattern Variability | |
History |
Thought by some to represent occidentalis
or a relict form of this species. |
Breeding Notes |
Roger Gladwell kept this sp. for a time &
found them very aggressive. He spawned them on silver sand & bottom
mops. Incubation time was 3-4 months. Two colour forms were maintained
being red & blue, the blue were found to be more aggressive. |
Diameter of Egg | |
Remarks |
These are mean, nasty SOB's & should be kept on there own. |