Genera in Tribe Callopanchini
Notes on taxonomy - these fish have suffered some of the most disateros taxonomic changes in the history of killifish taxonomy up until the Adamas/Adamans mess.
From Parenti 1981:
REMARKS: Fundulopanchax contains
species previously assigned to Aphyosemion
that are more closely related to Nothobranchius
than to the more primitive species of
Aphyosemion. This usage of the genus Fundulopanchax
differs from that of Loiselle and
Glasgow (1971) who limited the group to
large forms such as sjoestedti.
The designation of a type species for the
genus Callopanchax as A. occidentale by
the International Commission places the genus
Roloffia as an objective synonym of Callopanchax.
This decision has been rejected
by many aquarists who believe that Myers
(1924b) had either sjoestedti or another
species in hand when he named the subgenus
Callopanchax, with sjoestedti as the type,
even though giving a description of occidentale.
It is interesting to note that the sole lot
catalogued as sjoestedti in the collection of
the AMNH is an aquarium lot of occidentale.
Therefore, it is likely that Myers had
specimens of occidentale not sjoestedti in
hand when naming Callopanchax.
SUBGENUS CALLOPANCHAX MYERS
Callopanchax Myers, 1933c, p. 184 (type species
Aphyosemion occidentale Roloff, by monotypy
[proposed as a subgenus]).
Roloffia Clausen, 1966, p. 388 (type species
Aphyosemion occidentale Roloff, by original
designation).
SUBGENUS RADDAELLA HUBER
Raddaella Huber, 1977, p. 8 (type species Fundulus
batesi Boulenger, by original designation
[proposed as a subgenus]).
MATERIAL EXAMINED: F. sjoestedti:
Aquarium material: AMNH 21575 (4+/4); F.
gardneri: Ghana: SU 64693 (l*/7); F. gulare:
Aquarium material: AMNH 20563 (3+/13);
F. arnoldi: Nigeria: Port Harcourt: AMNH
21570 (1+/1). F. occidentale: Aquarium material:
AMNH 14611 (2*/6).