New Species of Haplotaxodon (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika, Africa
1999; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Volume: 1999; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1447390
ISSN1938-5110
AutoresTetsumi Takahashi, Kazuhiro Nakaya,
Tópico(s)Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity
ResumoLAKE Tanganyika, one of the Great Rift Valley lakes in central east Africa, is famous for the high levels of endemism among the cichlid fishes and some other animal groups (Coulter, 1991; Fryer, 1991). The monotypic cichlid genus Haplotaxodon Boulenger, 1906, also endemic to the lake, is quite distinct from other cichlid genera of the lake by the possession of a mouth which is directed upward and a single row of conical teeth on the jaws (Boulenger, 1906; Regan, 1920; Poll, 1986). During a series of scientific surveys of Lake Tanganyika, specimens of an undescribed species of Haplotaxodon were collected at various localities in the lake (Fig. 1).
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