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<mods:title id="7981C4BB1BF81188E1DF64D6FBD39CD7">Polypterus mokelembembe, a new species of bichir from the central Congo River basin (Actinopterygii: Cladistia: Polypteridae).</mods:title>
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[[
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<taxonomicName id="C9C706A443FC09A93DFB20AB6BDECB12" ID-CoL="4LKQD" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5897A803-BA6C-49B2-97B5-6D2E594E62AD" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Polypterus mokelembembe Schliewen & Schäfer 2006" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mokelembembe">Polypterus mokelembembe</taxonomicName>
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Discussion. With the description of
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the number of currently valid
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species and subspecies is increased to 13. Following inspection of hundreds of living
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specimens that were commercially imported into Germany,
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(2004), in his popular account on bichirs, recognized several more phenotypes within both the
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and
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<taxonomicName id="7491D056E819239B215EDBE1BE1B00A5" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A190AD3D-49CD-4E96-9CA8-0851FFD75D94" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Polypterus bichir Lacépède 1803:340" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bichir">P. bichir</taxonomicName>
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complexes (
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<taxonomicName id="53D380A797F306CAED565FFD65E946D6" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6E48BD8F-AF06-48EF-A9EB-59994E4E3F25" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Polypterus ansorgii Boulenger 1910:424" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ansorgii">P. ansorgii</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="84CB9B445B6B2024D257974517B99B2E" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F84FBB5D-EA63-4153-88E0-2F3048B361DB" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Polypterus lapradei Steindachner 1869:112" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lapradei">P. lapradei</taxonomicName>
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,
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are included in the latter group), which may well represent additional new species. This information, together with our cursory inspection of the large
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collection in MRAC and preliminary molecular genetic data (Schliewen, unpubl.) suggest that a revision of
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is overdue. We agree with Britz (2004) that such a revision should logically employ more novel characters than previously employed in
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taxonomy.
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has previously been identified as
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, probably because of its high predorsal scale count, which separates these two species from most other
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in central Africa. According to meristic data provided by Hanssens et al (1995) and Britz (2004), the only other
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species with a comparatively high predorsal scale count are
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<taxonomicName id="FAA220580E677952AB744913B1D04A2A" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:850E8201-2A58-4BD9-9467-B6E059B078FD" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Polypterus teugelsi Britz 2004:180" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="teugelsi">Polypterus teugelsi</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="771DAB96B08FB5B594BFD1144927A720" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="palmas" subSpecies="palmas">Polypterus palmas palmas</taxonomicName>
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(of which
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<taxonomicName id="C069A02BCC494B8BE857CEDEF33D2E32" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E53E9CB4-3EF8-4747-87D6-57D098281EC4" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Polypterus lowei Boulenger 1911:377" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lowei">Polypterus lowei Boulenger, 1911</taxonomicName>
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, described from Liberia, is a junior synonym [Gosse 1988]). Steindachner (1912, 1913) reported eight specimens of
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<taxonomicName id="EC598920CC638DE39A3ABCB40B56502E" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E53E9CB4-3EF8-4747-87D6-57D098281EC4" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Polypterus lowei Boulenger 1911:377" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lowei">Polypterus lowei</taxonomicName>
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from the River Dja, which were discussed by Poll (1942: 298) and Gosse (1988: 244), neither of whom saw the specimens. We have confirmed Poll´s (1942) identification as
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<taxonomicName id="E122FC7D0D464C18AD4056AA8D7C6338" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:15A4DA97-CDA9-41AC-9BB5-DA878D0BFFD9" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Polypterus retropinnis Vaillant 1899:219 [1]" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="retropinnis">Polypterus retropinnis</taxonomicName>
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after having seen seven of the reported eight specimens (NMW 63247 [2], NMW 63248 [1], NMW 63249 [2], NMW 63250 [2]). However, the smallest specimen in lot NMW 63250 is
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<taxonomicName id="FC53CA40D92B058C82C841EB4D06496D" family="Polypteridae" genus="Polypterus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Polypteriformes" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="palmas" subSpecies="polli">Polypterus palmas polli Gosse, 1988</taxonomicName>
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