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<mods:title id="B7F5B3371567210DE595CBB227C42849">The Microsynodontis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Mochokidae) of the lower Guinea region, west central Africa, with the description of eight new species.</mods:title>
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<treatment id="C3CF1068CD1DF57D972672B3F9ABF4CB" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6270904" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100119279" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6270904" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:C3CF1068CD1DF57D972672B3F9ABF4CB" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/C3CF1068CD1DF57D972672B3F9ABF4CB" lastPageNumber="2" pageNumber="2">
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[[ Genus
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<taxonomicName id="085250601CDCF557B3683180B5940BFA" ID-CoL="5SHC" ID-ENA="390413" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:25612A22-875C-4BA3-BDA3-8737B7CAD349" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis Boulenger 1903:26" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Microsynodontis Boulenger</taxonomicName>
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]]
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The genus
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<taxonomicName id="726E1E9919A3A55EB29276DD26A65A62" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:25612A22-875C-4BA3-BDA3-8737B7CAD349" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis Boulenger 1903:26" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Microsynodontis</taxonomicName>
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is restricted to the rivers of western Africa (from the Saint Paul River drainage south and east to the Congo River drainage), and is comprised of small mochokid catfishes diagnosed by the following synapomorphies: a narrow mesethmoid, lack of free orbital margin, transverse ventral fold of branchiostegal membranes, slender cleithral process, and a rounded or truncate caudal fin (Howes, 1980).
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<paragraph id="E49B545B3D4E6C7573732985E8E452F0" pageNumber="2">
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Currently, there are four nominal species of
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<taxonomicName id="E2B320D00EF1AF0F24AADE5DCDA3E06E" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:25612A22-875C-4BA3-BDA3-8737B7CAD349" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis Boulenger 1903:26" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Microsynodontis</taxonomicName>
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, viz.
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<taxonomicName id="4AEF3DFC86CEEBED30E6ED78127A698C" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:DBDC9D70-13DA-4626-9564-2CF145D5001A" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger 1903:26" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batesii">M. batesii Boulenger, 1903</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="90D51657B9497508AD4FC572A41F8C3E" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3D4D06C3-7DA0-4BE6-B2B5-D09FCE764FCE" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis christyi Boulenger 1920:32" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="christyi">M. christyi Boulenger, 1920</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="5A276212E3D1DD9EB939518410C5C841" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:5BE69781-9A57-48A5-B5D4-0536CFF434F6" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis lamberti Poll & Gosse 1963:61" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lamberti">M. lamberti Poll & Gosse, 1963</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="709ED742C7DE366479345D1CF6FC0A4F" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01EB9BD8-DCC9-4A12-B636-A4C4A93C8B2F" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis polli Lambert 1958:42" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polli">M. polli Lambert, 1958</taxonomicName>
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.
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<taxonomicName id="E584921601040CFE2A6A39D93E31AD07" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:3D4D06C3-7DA0-4BE6-B2B5-D09FCE764FCE" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis christyi Boulenger 1920:32" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="christyi">Microsynodontis christyi</taxonomicName>
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has been considered a junior synonym of
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<taxonomicName id="841919E9431863990B4E2D04A5BAC488" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:DBDC9D70-13DA-4626-9564-2CF145D5001A" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger 1903:26" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batesii">M. batesii</taxonomicName>
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(fide Matthes, 1964), but is a valid species. The freshwater ichthyofauna of the lower Guinea region (here defined as the portion of west central Africa delineated by the Cross River drainage to the north and the Chiloango River drainage to the south; fide Roberts, 1975) is one of the least explored in Africa (Teugels &
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<normalizedToken id="EFD2285AAD6915C616A66980777EC9C3" originalValue="Guégan">Guegan</normalizedToken>
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, 1994).
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<taxonomicName id="0B6A9751A0105F84CDE69B226B2CFA7E" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:DBDC9D70-13DA-4626-9564-2CF145D5001A" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger 1903:26" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batesii">Microsynodontis batesii</taxonomicName>
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is the only species known from there.
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<paragraph id="85C51AF4C04E7B7A8FDE488B0705030E" pageNumber="2">
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While preparing an account of
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for a forthcoming publication on the fishes of the lower Guinea region (Ng, in prep.), it was found that material from the region previously identified as
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<taxonomicName id="CD53CBA884494DF20865073DB4E85C01" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:DBDC9D70-13DA-4626-9564-2CF145D5001A" family="Mochokidae" genus="Microsynodontis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Microsynodontis batesii Boulenger 1903:26" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="batesii">M. batesii</taxonomicName>
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consisted of nine distinct species, eight of which are undescribed. This study reviews the
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of the lower Guinea region, with the eight new species described herein.
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