@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref25260,
author = {John P. Sullivan and S?bastien Lavou? and Carl D. Hopkins},
title = {Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa},
year = {2016},
keywords = {weakly electric fish, Mormyrinae, integrative taxonomy, phylogeny, DNA, electric organ discharge, EOD, African freshwater fishes, rarity},
doi = {10.3897/zookeys.561.7137},
url = {http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.561.7137},
pmid = {},
journal = {ZooKeys},
volume = {561},
number = {},
pages = {117?150},
abstract = {We use mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data to show that three weakly electric mormyrid fish specimens collected at three widely separated localities in Gabon, Africa over a 13-year period represent an unrecognized lineage within the subfamily Mormyrinae and determine the phylogenetic position of this lineage with respect to other taxa. We describe these three specimens as a new genus with two new species. Cryptomyrus, new genus, is readily distinguished from all other mormyrid genera by a combination of features of squamation, morphometrics, and dental attributes. Cryptomyrus ogoouensis, new species, is differentiated from its single congener by the possession of an anal-fin origin located well in advance of the dorsal fin, a narrow caudal peduncle and caudal-fin lobes nearly as long as the peduncle. Whereas in Cryptomyrus ona, new species, the anal-fin origin is located only slightly in advance of the dorsal fin, the caudal peduncle is deep and the caudal-fin lobes considerably shorter than the peduncle. Continued discovery of new taxa within the ?Lower Guinea Clade? of Mormyridae highlights the incompleteness of our knowledge of fish diversity in West-Central Africa. We present a revised key to the mormyrid genera of Lower Guinea.}
}
Citation for Study 18468
Citation title:
"Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa".
Study name:
"Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa".
This study is part of submission 18468
(Status: Published).
Citation
Sullivan J.P., Lavou? S., & Hopkins C. 2016. Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa. ZooKeys, 561: 117?150.
Authors
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Sullivan J.P.
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Lavou? S.
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Hopkins C.
Abstract
We use mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data to show that three weakly electric mormyrid fish specimens collected at three widely separated localities in Gabon, Africa over a 13-year period represent an unrecognized lineage within the subfamily Mormyrinae and determine the phylogenetic position of this lineage with respect to other taxa. We describe these three specimens as a new genus with two new species. Cryptomyrus, new genus, is readily distinguished from all other mormyrid genera by a combination of features of squamation, morphometrics, and dental attributes. Cryptomyrus ogoouensis, new species, is differentiated from its single congener by the possession of an anal-fin origin located well in advance of the dorsal fin, a narrow caudal peduncle and caudal-fin lobes nearly as long as the peduncle. Whereas in Cryptomyrus ona, new species, the anal-fin origin is located only slightly in advance of the dorsal fin, the caudal peduncle is deep and the caudal-fin lobes considerably shorter than the peduncle. Continued discovery of new taxa within the ?Lower Guinea Clade? of Mormyridae highlights the incompleteness of our knowledge of fish diversity in West-Central Africa. We present a revised key to the mormyrid genera of Lower Guinea.
Keywords
weakly electric fish, Mormyrinae, integrative taxonomy, phylogeny, DNA, electric organ discharge, EOD, African freshwater fishes, rarity
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref25260,
author = {John P. Sullivan and S?bastien Lavou? and Carl D. Hopkins},
title = {Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa},
year = {2016},
keywords = {weakly electric fish, Mormyrinae, integrative taxonomy, phylogeny, DNA, electric organ discharge, EOD, African freshwater fishes, rarity},
doi = {10.3897/zookeys.561.7137},
url = {http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.561.7137},
pmid = {},
journal = {ZooKeys},
volume = {561},
number = {},
pages = {117?150},
abstract = {We use mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data to show that three weakly electric mormyrid fish specimens collected at three widely separated localities in Gabon, Africa over a 13-year period represent an unrecognized lineage within the subfamily Mormyrinae and determine the phylogenetic position of this lineage with respect to other taxa. We describe these three specimens as a new genus with two new species. Cryptomyrus, new genus, is readily distinguished from all other mormyrid genera by a combination of features of squamation, morphometrics, and dental attributes. Cryptomyrus ogoouensis, new species, is differentiated from its single congener by the possession of an anal-fin origin located well in advance of the dorsal fin, a narrow caudal peduncle and caudal-fin lobes nearly as long as the peduncle. Whereas in Cryptomyrus ona, new species, the anal-fin origin is located only slightly in advance of the dorsal fin, the caudal peduncle is deep and the caudal-fin lobes considerably shorter than the peduncle. Continued discovery of new taxa within the ?Lower Guinea Clade? of Mormyridae highlights the incompleteness of our knowledge of fish diversity in West-Central Africa. We present a revised key to the mormyrid genera of Lower Guinea.}
}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 25260
AU - Sullivan,John P.
AU - Lavou?,S?bastien
AU - Hopkins,Carl D.
T1 - Cryptomyrus: a new genus of Mormyridae (Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha) with two new species from Gabon, West-Central Africa
PY - 2016
KW - weakly electric fish
KW - Mormyrinae
KW - integrative taxonomy
KW - phylogeny
KW - DNA
KW - electric organ discharge
KW - EOD
KW - African freshwater fishes
KW - rarity
UR - http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.561.7137
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