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Redescription of Pseudotropheus livingstonii and Pseudotropheus elegans from Lake Malaŵi, Africa

2016; Q15088586; Volume: 4154; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.11646/zootaxa.4154.2.4

1175-5334

Jay R. Stauffer, Adrianus F. Konings, Timothy M. Ryan,

Fish Ecology and Management Studies

Pseudotropheus livingstonii and P. elegans are two sand-dwelling cichlid species that belong to the so-called mbuna, a group of predominantly rock-dwelling haplochromines of Lake Malaŵi. The identity of these two species has confused taxonomists for almost a century until a recent rediscovery of representatives of P. elegans close to its type locality. New diagnoses for both species are provided.