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) of SL; length of snout to posterior orbital rim of eye, LSo, mean 0.423 (range
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) of head length, HL; head length, HL, mean 17.43 (range 16.0723.21) times Na, distance between the pair of nares of one side; body depth,
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, mean 0.274 (range
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) of SL; number of dorsal fin rays, nD, median 20 (range 1822); number of anal fin rays, nA, median 27 (range 2529); head length, HL, mean 0.277 (range
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) of SL; number of scales around caudal peduncle, SPc, median 14 (range 1216)
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.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFD9FFA9A2F6FDC36115304D" box="[143,278,537,560]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="2234">Description.</emphasis>
Body oval shape (
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, nos 1 and 28). Head broadly rounded with a small ventrally positioned subterminal mouth, situated ventral to the eye; head and body dorsolaterally compressed. Dorsal fin (a) origin situated about two-thirds of standard length from snout, (b) obliquely orientated, anteriorly higher and posteriorly lower, (c) distal margin crescentic with anterior two or three rays longer than posterior rays, and (d) number of rays 18 (
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= 1), 19 (
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= 8), 20 (
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= 17), 21 (
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= 8), 22 (
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= 1). Anal fin (a) longer than dorsal fin, (b) opposite dorsal fin with slightly more anterior origin, (c) obliquely orientated, anteriorly lower and posteriorly higher, (d) anterior 10 or so rays longer than posterior ones, especially in males where they also appear stronger, (e) margin broadly rounded, (f) rays posterior to first 10 with distal margin straight, (g) number of rays 25 (
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= 3), 26 (
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= 14), 27 (
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= 15), 28 (
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= 3). Forked tail fin with rounded lobes. Scales cycloid with reticulate striae, scales extending anteriorly to operculum and pectoral fins (beyond pelvics). Scales on caudal peduncle circumference, 11 (
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= 1), 14 (
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= 25), 16 (
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= 9). Caudal peduncle slender, subcylindrical entire length, usually 21% (19.523.85%) of SL (
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). Males with kink in anal fin base which is absent in juveniles and females where the anal fin base is straight.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFD9FFA9A2F6FB9A6189362A" box="[143,394,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="2234">Colour in preservation.</emphasis>
Light brown, back darker, underside fair.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFD9FFA9A2F6FB52612F36DD" box="[143,300,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="2234">Colour in life.</emphasis>
Grey-silver, underside lighter, paired fins light and transparent, goldbrownish hue on back and tail section.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFD9FFA9A2F6FB2B60ED3774" box="[143,238,1265,1289]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="2234">Ecology.</emphasis>
The species is common and widespread throughout upper catchments within the
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Reserve. Occurs in aquatic weed beds, marginal vegetation and root-stocks of bank vegetation in headwater streams through to floodplain margins. Water conductivities ranging from 104 to 268 µS
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cm in
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, probably reflecting human impact (
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; personal observation). Online
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.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFD9FFA9A2F6FA60611F37AF" box="[143,284,1466,1490]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="2234">Distribution.</emphasis>
Rovuma System including Niassa Reserve (no. 28 on
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), also western confluences to Lake
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(nos 1618), but probably not Lake Chiuta (no. 19).
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFD9FFA9A2F6F99860FA3427" box="[143,249,1602,1626]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="2234">Remarks.</emphasis>
Compared with the other species,
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFD9FFA9A0F1F99963143427" box="[648,791,1603,1626]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="2234">P. catostoma</emphasis>
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is distinguished by its very low range for
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, LSo, HL
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Na,
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, nD, nA, but long HL, and an SPc median of 14 intermediate between the extremes.
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<taxonomicName id="4C294D21FFDAFFAAA2AAFF7D62C232C2" ID-CoL="4FDX3" authority="David and Poll, 1937" authorityName="David and Poll" authorityYear="1937" box="[211,705,167,192]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Mormyridae" genus="Petrocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Osteoglossiformes" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="congicus">
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA2AAFF7D61D232BD" bold="true" box="[211,465,167,192]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Petrocephalus congicus</emphasis>
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(resurrected and elevated to species rank)
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(
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, no. 26)
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA2AAFEDD62653362" box="[211,614,263,287]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Petrocephalus stuhlmanni congicus</emphasis>
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(synonymy with
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).
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA2AAFEAB618633F5" box="[211,389,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Type specimens.</emphasis>
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:
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(2) (studied)
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locality.
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at
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,
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River basin,
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(08
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E).
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA2AAFDFE61443046" box="[211,327,548,571]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Predorsal length,
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, mean 0.627 (range
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<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA1F2FDF963D53046" box="[907,982,547,571]" degrees="0.635" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.635">0.635</geoCoordinate>
) of SL; preanal length,
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, mean 0.556 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA000FD9962B53026" box="[633,694,579,603]" degrees="0.535" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.535">0.535</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA0CFFD9963023026" box="[694,769,579,603]" degrees="0.578" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.578">0.578</geoCoordinate>
) of SL; dorsal fin length, LD, mean 0.16 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA3CDFDB861F33007" box="[436,496,610,634]" degrees="0.155" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.155">0.155</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA388FDB8623F3007" box="[497,572,610,634]" degrees="0.166" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.166">0.166</geoCoordinate>
) of SL; anal fin length, LA, mean 0.237 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA2AAFD58611230E7" box="[211,273,642,666]" degrees="0.234" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.234">0.234</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA368FD58615830E7" box="[273,347,642,666]" degrees="0.241" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.241">0.241</geoCoordinate>
) of SL; distance dorsal fin origin to end of caudal peduncle, pD, mean 0.427 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA30CFD7861B130C7" box="[373,434,674,698]" degrees="0.417" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.417">0.417</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA3CBFD7861FE30C7" box="[434,509,674,698]" degrees="0.438" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.438">0.438</geoCoordinate>
) of SL; length of caudal peduncle,
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, mean 0.232 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA351FD18616630A7" box="[296,357,706,730]" degrees="0.228" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.228">0.228</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA31CFD1861B330A7" box="[357,432,706,730]" degrees="0.237" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.237">0.237</geoCoordinate>
) of SL; depth of caudal peduncle,
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, mean 0.2965 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA2AAFD3861133087" box="[211,272,738,762]" degrees="0.296" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.296">0.296</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA369FD3861583087" box="[272,347,738,762]" degrees="0.297" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.297">0.297</geoCoordinate>
) of
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, length of caudal peduncle; length of snout to centre of eye, LSc, mean 0.334 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA3CAFCD861F33167" box="[435,496,770,794]" degrees="0.326" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.326">0.326</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA388FCD862383167" box="[497,571,770,794]" degrees="0.343" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.343">0.343</geoCoordinate>
) of HL; length of snout to posterior orbital rim of eye, LSo, mean 0.419 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA06CFCF862513147" box="[533,594,802,826]" degrees="0.408" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.408">0.408</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA02BFCF8629E3147" box="[594,669,802,826]" degrees="0.429" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.429">0.429</geoCoordinate>
) of HL; head length, HL, mean 0.234 (range
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA2AAFC98610C3127" box="[211,271,834,858]" degrees="0.231" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="0.231">0.231</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="EE1D5065FFDAFFAAA376FC9861593127" box="[271,346,834,858]" degrees="0.238" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" precision="55" value="-0.238">0.238</geoCoordinate>
) of SL; distance between the pair of nares of one side, Na, mean 20.1 (range 18.8721.32) times in HL, head length; body depth,
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, mean 0.293 (range 0.2860.3) of SL; dorsal fin ray number, nD, median 18.5 (range 1819); anal fin ray number, nA, median 27.5 (range 2728); number of scales around caudal peduncle, SPc, median 12 (range, 1212)
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.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA2AAFBD1613E365E" box="[211,317,1035,1059]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Remarks.</emphasis>
“Judging from the known range of variation within
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA1F4FBD66430365E" box="[909,1075,1036,1059]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">
P. c.
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</emphasis>
it seems possible that the two Congoan forms [i.e.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA0D3FBF16318363E" box="[682,795,1067,1091]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">haullevillii</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA12CFBF163B0363F" box="[853,947,1067,1090]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">congicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
] may yet have to be united” (
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).
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA085FB916479361F" box="[764,1146,1099,1123]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Petrocephalus stuhlmanni congicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from other
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA38BFBB0628836FF" box="[498,651,1130,1154]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Petrocephalus</emphasis>
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by one of the shortest values for head length, HL, in combination with dorsal fin ray number, nD, in the lowest range. This leaves only
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA375FB71619936BF" box="[268,410,1194,1218]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">P. haullevillii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as an alternative.
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA013FB7063EA36BF" box="[618,1001,1194,1218]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Petrocephalus stuhlmanni congicus</emphasis>
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differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C294D21FFDAFFAAA607FB716147369F" authorityName="Boulenger" authorityYear="1912" class="Actinopterygii" family="Mormyridae" genus="Petrocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Osteoglossiformes" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="haullevillii">
<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA607FB716147369F" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">P. haullevillii</emphasis>
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by a rosette of electroreceptor organs (above the eye, Augenrosette;
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), absent in
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA3E8FB316223377F" box="[401,544,1258,1282]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">P. haullevillii</emphasis>
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that has no such rosette (S. Lavoué, personal communication). Among other differences,
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA009FAD162EF375F" box="[624,748,1291,1314]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">P. congicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA15EFAD163BE375F" box="[807,957,1290,1314]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">P. stuhlmanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ markedly in their values for caudal peduncle depth (
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) and head length (HL); these characters are among the greatest in the former and smallest in the latter species in the present assemblage of
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<emphasis id="B95DEAB0FFDAFFAAA30FFAB3620C37FC" box="[374,527,1385,1409]" italics="true" pageId="58" pageNumber="2235">Petrocephalus</emphasis>
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.
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