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Issue: Vol. 4370 No. 1: 9 Jan. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.1.7
Page range: 95–100
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Description of Metriaclima koningsi, a new species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Malaŵi, Africa

Penn State University, 432 Forest Resources Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA. Honorary Research Associate, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, SA.
Pisces Mbuna taxonomy colour patterns

Abstract

A new species, Metriaclima koningsi, is described from Likoma and Maingano islands in Lake Malaŵi. The species is distinguished from other congeners, except Metriaclima usisyae Li, Konings & Stauffer, by the absence of conspicuous bars along its flank and the presence of a dark submarginal band in the dorsal fin. Males of M. usisyae have gold coloured flanks, while males of M. koningsi have blue flanks.

 

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