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Issue: Vol. 1125 No. 1: 10 Feb. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-02-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1125.1.3
Page range: 45–56
Abstract views: 48
PDF downloaded: 2

Synodontis acanthoperca, a new species from the Ogôoué River system, Gabon with comments on spiny ornamentation and sexual dimorphism in mochokid catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae)

Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1923, USA
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1923, USA
Pisces Siluriformes Mochokidae Synodontis new species Africa Gabon Ogôoué River spiny ornamentation sexual dimorphism

Abstract

Synodontis acanthoperca, a new species of mochokid catfish, is described from rapids within the Ogôoué River system of Gabon. This relatively small species (<50 mm SL) is distinguished from all congeners by a distinctive pigmentation pattern that includes a pair of dark patches on the caudal fin and by the presence of hypertrophied opercular spines in sexually mature males.

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