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Issue: Vol. 827 No. 1: 20 Jan. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-01-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.827.1.1
Page range: 1–11
Abstract views: 57
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Nanochromis sabinae, a new cichlid species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the Upper Congo River area and Northeast Gabon

Institut für Zoologie der Universität Wien, Abteilung für Evolutionsbiologie, Althanstrasse 14, A - 1090 Wien, Austria
Pisces Teleostei Cichlidae Nanochromis new species Congo

Abstract

Nanochromis sabinae, a new cichlid species, is described from central and northeast Congo (Brazzaville) and southeast Gabon. It is differs from congeners in a combination of morphological characters and coloration patterns; e.g. anterior region of upper lateral line clearly separated from the dorsal-fin base; posterior nape scaled; one or two rows of cheek scales; a black longitudinal band from the eye to the end of the caudal peduncle, visible in both sexes in some behavioural situations but not extended into the caudal fin; females with some silvery colored scales around the genital papilla.

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