Description of a New Mastacembelid Species (Synbranchiformes; Mastacembelidae) from the Zaïre River Basin in Africa
Aethiomastacembelus robertsi (Mastacembelidae) is described from the Lower and Middle Zaïre River basin in Africa. The new species, morphologically close to A. congicus and A. marchei, is diagnosed by its reduced eye size and its unique coloration. The generic assignment is discussed based on the mo...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Copeia. - American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, 1913. - 1996(1996), 1, Seite 130-139 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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1996
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Copeia |
| Schlagworte: | Biological sciences Physical sciences Business |
| Zusammenfassung: | Aethiomastacembelus robertsi (Mastacembelidae) is described from the Lower and Middle Zaïre River basin in Africa. The new species, morphologically close to A. congicus and A. marchei, is diagnosed by its reduced eye size and its unique coloration. The generic assignment is discussed based on the most recent phylogenetic analysis of the family. It is shown that the synapomorphies used in this analysis to define Aethiomastacembelus and Caecomastacembelus, the two known genera of Afromastacembelinae, are, at least in part, not correctly defined. |
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| ISSN: | 19385110 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1446948 |