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Issue: Vol. 373 No. 1: 1 Dec. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-12-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.373.1.1
Page range: 1–11
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Neolamprologus devosi sp. n., a new riverine lamprologine cichlid (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the lower Malagarasi River, Tanzania

Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA. Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, and Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University, New York, USA.
Department of Ichthyology, American Museum of Natural History, 79th Street at Central Park West, New York, NY 10024, USA
Hubertusweg 11, D 46535 Dinslaken, Germany
Pisces Neolamprologus new riverine species lamprologines

Abstract

Neolamprologus devosi sp. n., a new species of riverine lamprologine cichlid is described from the lower Malagarasi River, Tanzania. The new species is tentatively placed within the poorly defined genus Neolamprologus, though generic reassignment may be necessary once ongoing work on the phylo-geny and classification of lamprologines is completed. Notably, Neolamprologus devosi sp. n. does not present characters diagnostic of Congo (ex-Zaire) River lamprologines, and contrary to previous suggestions appears to be phylogenetically distinct from those taxa. This raises questions regarding the number of putative riverine colonizations of lamprologines from a lacustrine source.

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