A new species of cyprinoid fish from the Tana River, Kenya (Actinopterygii: Danionidae)
| Autor: | Wanja Dorothy Nyingi, Ray C. Schmidt, Joseph Gathua, Henry L. Bart |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology National park Peduncle (anatomy) Cyprinidae 010607 zoology Fish fin Drainage basin Actinopterygii STREAMS biology.organism_classification Kenya 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Fishery Rivers Neobola Animals Fish Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Zootaxa. 4652 |
| ISSN: | 1175-5334 1175-5326 |
| Popis: | Sampling of streams in the middle reaches of the Tana River Basin in Meru National Park, Kenya, from 2010 to 2012 for an NSF-funded International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) project, resulted in the capture of a number of specimens of what were first thought to be Neobola fluviatilis. On closer examination the specimens were determined to represent a distinct species, endemic to the Tana River basin, which is herein formally described. The new species is readily diagnosed from N. fluviatilis by higher counts of lateral line, pre-dorsal, and caudal peduncle circumferential scales, higher numbers of pectoral rays, lower numbers of anal fin rays, and a shorter anal-fin base length. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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