Description of Metriaclima koningsi, a new species (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Malaŵi, Africa
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Authors: | J. R. Stauffer, Jr. |
Journal: | Zootaxa |
Volume: | 4370 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pagination: | 95-100 |
Date Published: | 01/2018 |
Type of Article: | Paywalled |
Keywords: | colour patterns, mbuna, Taxonomy |
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. |
URL: | http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4370.1.7 |
DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.1.8 |
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