Lacustricola margaritatus, a new species of lampeye from the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins in eastern Africa (Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae)
Author
Nagy, Béla
Author
Watters, Brian R.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-04-19
5128
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10.11646/zootaxa.5128.1.2
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Key to the species of
Procatopodidae
in the Lake Victoria and Lake Kyoga basins
Species of
Procatopodidae
might exhibit moderate sexual dimorphism and pronounced dichromatism. Colour pattern elements are based on mature specimens, whereas morphometric characters are based on mature males.
1 Body size greater than
40 mm
SL; dorsal and anal fins with striped pattern of five dark bands perpendicular to fin rays, most distinct on last posterior rays, as well as caudal fin with five distinct transverse dark bands; number of scales in mid-longitudinal series 28-29.................
Micropanchax vitschumbaensis
(represented by the synonym
Aplocheilichthys vanderbilti
)
- Body size smaller than
30 mm
SL; median fins without striped pattern of dark bands; number of scales in mid-longitudinal series 24-27......................................................................................... 2
2 Median fins with orange-brown in proximal and median parts in males......................
Lacustricola margaritatus
- Median fins dark-grey to black in males................................................................... 3
3 Dorsal fin with 7-8 rays; caudal peduncle length 150-175 as % of its depth......................
Lacustricola atripinna
- Dorsal fin with 11-12 rays; caudal peduncle length 108-126 as % of its depth..................
Lacustricola bukobanus