TY - JOUR
T1 - A new species of Diplotaxodon (Cichliformes
T2 - Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi
AU - Stauffer, Jay R.
AU - Konings, Adrianus F.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Josh Wisor and Sara Mueller who completed the CT scans and digitally segmented the pharyngeal bones. This study was funded in part by Agriculture Experiment Station Project 04585 (Penn State University).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2021 Magnolia Press
PY - 2021/1/7
Y1 - 2021/1/7
N2 - A species of haplochromine cichlid fish of the genus Diplotaxodon Trewavas, endemic to Lake Malaŵi is described: Diplotaxodon dentatus, new species. All eight type specimens were trawled together off Thumbi East Island in the Southeastern arm of the lake at 73 meters in 1985. They were initially identified as D. argenteus because the teeth on the oral jaws were fully exposed with a closed mouth. The shorter snout length of D. dentatus (26.6-29.2 % HL) clearly separates it from D. argenteus (31.7-34.2 % HL). A plot of a principal components analysis further supports the separation of D. dentatus from D. argenteus.
AB - A species of haplochromine cichlid fish of the genus Diplotaxodon Trewavas, endemic to Lake Malaŵi is described: Diplotaxodon dentatus, new species. All eight type specimens were trawled together off Thumbi East Island in the Southeastern arm of the lake at 73 meters in 1985. They were initially identified as D. argenteus because the teeth on the oral jaws were fully exposed with a closed mouth. The shorter snout length of D. dentatus (26.6-29.2 % HL) clearly separates it from D. argenteus (31.7-34.2 % HL). A plot of a principal components analysis further supports the separation of D. dentatus from D. argenteus.
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U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.7
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.2.7
M3 - Article
C2 - 33757100
AN - SCOPUS:85098981261
VL - 4903
SP - 275
EP - 284
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
SN - 1175-5326
IS - 2
ER -