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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FF58198BFECBFD69" box="[151,379,724,748]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Hemichromis robustus</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FF5819ADFEEEFC8F" box="[151,350,754,778]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Paratilapia robusta</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="E7C04D6BFFFE2039FF58184EFEC9FCAC" authorityName=": Boulenger" authorityYear="1911" box="[151,377,785,809]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Cichlidae" genus="Paratilapia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="127" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thumbergi">
<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FF58184EFEC9FCAC" box="[151,377,785,809]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Paratilapia thumbergi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FF58186FFE26FCCD" box="[151,406,816,840]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Serranochromis robustus</emphasis>
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Misidentified as
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<bibRefCitation id="44514B19FFFE2039FD971810FD64FCE3" author="Regan, C. T." box="[600,724,846,871]" pageId="1" pageNumber="127" pagination="675 - 727" refId="ref5035" refString="Regan, C. T. (1922) The cichlid fishes of Lake Nyasa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1921, 675 - 727. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1921. tb 03287. x" type="journal article" year="1922">Regan 1922</bibRefCitation>
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,
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,
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Bertram
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1942
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,
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.
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Although we have not examined specimens of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FD6E18CBFC57FC2B" box="[673,999,916,942]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Pelmatochromis tanganyicae</emphasis>
Bordin
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, given the current geographical ranges of what is now recognized as
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FDF318E6FD08FC57" box="[572,696,952,979]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. robustus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FD3E18E6FCFFFC57" box="[753,847,952,979]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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it seems improbable that
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is either of these species. We thus consider it an error, and do not include this species in the synonymy, although further examination of this species is warranted.
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Material examined.
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BMNH 1864.1.9.56
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FF081FEBFEF2FB4B" bold="true" box="[199,322,1204,1230]" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The
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is half of a skin (examined by JRS) collected from Lake
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by Kirk who accompanied Livingstones expedition (
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). The presence of four or five scale rows between the posterior margin of the orbit and the ascending arm of the preoperculum, the presence of widely set unicuspid teeth on the jaws, widely separated gill rakers, and anal fins with egg ocelli places this species in
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FBBD1E7FFA95FABF" box="[1138,1317,1312,1338]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Serranochromis</emphasis>
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. Breeding males of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FF321E1AFEC8FADB" box="[253,376,1348,1375]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. robustus</emphasis>
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possess ocelli that are restricted to the posterior 45 membranes of the anal fin, which delimits them from all other
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FEB81E37FD9AFA07" box="[375,554,1384,1410]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Serranochromis</emphasis>
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spp., which have ocelli throughout the anal fin in breeding males, with the exception of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FEDF1ED2FEDDFA23" box="[272,365,1420,1447]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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. As stated above,
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FDF31ED2FD08FA23" box="[572,696,1420,1447]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. robustus</emphasis>
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was shown to be delimited from all other species in the genus by several authors including
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,
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, and
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.
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FF081E8BFE51FA6B" box="[199,481,1492,1518]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Serranochromis robustus</emphasis>
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generally has a longer lower jaw (50.759.6% HL) than
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FBA61E8AFB76FA6B" box="[1129,1222,1492,1519]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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(49.252.7% HL); three specimens of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FEBB1EA6FE62F997" box="[372,466,1528,1555]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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had a lower jaw length greater than 52% of the head length and two specimens of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FA481EA6FF46F9B3" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. robustus</emphasis>
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possessed a lower jaw length of less than 52% of the head length.
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is not as deepbodied as
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FEC41D1EFED8F9DF" box="[267,360,1600,1627]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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as evidenced by the distance between the posterior insertion of the dorsal fin and the posterior insertion of the anal fin (13.415.1% SL in
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FD451D3AFCB7F9FB" box="[650,775,1636,1663]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. robustus</emphasis>
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vs. 14.918.4% SL in
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FBC11D3AFBDCF9FB" box="[1038,1132,1636,1663]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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). Additionally,
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FAD01D3AFA2CF9FB" box="[1311,1436,1636,1663]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. robustus</emphasis>
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has a narrower least caudal peduncle depth (10.912.8% SL) than
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FC451DD6FC58F927" box="[906,1000,1672,1699]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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(11.314.2% SL); the least caudal peduncle depth of all
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was less than 12.8% SL while, except for the smallest specimen of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FB1F1DF2FA9BF943" box="[1232,1323,1708,1735]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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(
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SL), the least caudal peduncle depth was greater than 13.2% SL.
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has a smaller horizontal eye diameter (HED)(17.727.4% HL) than
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FD4B1DAAFD51F88B" box="[644,737,1780,1807]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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(18.625.5% HL). Although the HED is subject to allometric growth, there is no overlap in the minimum polygons when HED is plotted against head length (
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), and only the two smallest specimens of
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have a HED greater than 19% HL. In general,
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FB981C62FB63F8D3" box="[1111,1235,1852,1879]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. robustus</emphasis>
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has more teeth in the outer row of the left lower jaw (1423) than
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FD671C3EFCB3F8FF" box="[680,771,1888,1915]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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(1314); two specimens of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FBF91C3EFB00F8FF" box="[1078,1200,1888,1915]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. robustus</emphasis>
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had 14 teeth with the remainder having 15 or more. Adults in breeding color of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FCD01CDBFB88F81B" box="[799,1080,1924,1950]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">Serranochromis robustus</emphasis>
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(
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) are blue/green laterally with a narrow yellow marginal band on the dorsal fin and usually a small yellowish tip to the upper caudal-fin lobe. Adults in breeding color of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFE2039FE041C92FD96F863" box="[459,550,1996,2023]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="127">S. jallae</emphasis>
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are yellow/green laterally with a bright orange marginal band on the dorsal and caudal fins in fish from the
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River system, but creamy yellow bands in fish from the Upper
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system (
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). The throat and belly of
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becomes more intensely yellow-orange in breeding dress hence the local name yellow-belly. Rarely, specimens from the
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River in
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also have yellow rather than orange marginal bands (D. Tweddle, pers. comm.).
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noted that breeding males of
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFD203AFB731A5CFA2CFE98" box="[1212,1436,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="128">S. robustus robustus</emphasis>
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had no yellow on throat and belly while those of
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possessed yellow on throat and belly.
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFD203AFF581E79FEA5FABB" bold="true" box="[151,277,1318,1342]" pageId="2" pageNumber="128">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Horizontal eye diameter as percent head length plotted against head length of
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(+) and
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFD203AFF581E15FECAFAE7" box="[151,378,1354,1378]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="128">Serranochromis jallae</emphasis>
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(x).
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFD203AFF081ECFFEE9FA2F" bold="true" box="[199,345,1424,1450]" pageId="2" pageNumber="128">Description.</emphasis>
Large robust
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with general body shape as in
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. Principal morphometric and meristic data in
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and documented above in diagnosis. Head elongate (36.238.0% SL). Cheek depth 26.1 33.5% HL. Snout elongate (35.239.8% HL) and posterior end of lower jaw anterior to anterior margin of orbit. Two pored scales posterior to hypural plate, and 911 rows of scales on cheek. Outer arch of epibranchial with 45 gill rakers; outer arch of ceratobranchial with 1012. Teeth in 2 series on upper and lower jaws. One or two scales between pectoral fin and posterior margin of opercle. Caudal fin emarginate and lacking marginal band in breeding adult males. Pectoral fin directly under origin of dorsal fin. Pelvic fin posterior to origin of dorsal fin.
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<emphasis id="12B4EAFAFFFD203AFF081DD3FE41F923" bold="true" box="[199,497,1676,1702]" pageId="2" pageNumber="128">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
The native range of
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is Lake
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and the outflowing Shire River and Lake Malombe — where it occupies mostly complex habitats in water shallower than
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.
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In southern Lake
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,
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are generally associated with the rock/sand interface or, associated with submerged aquatic vegetation and among reed beds in shallow water and inlets. The
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species in the Luangwa River may be
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based on photographs taken by anglers but specimens are needed to confirm this (Denis Tweddle, pers. comm.). Fish larger than
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are rare.
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was introduced from Lake
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into the Sand River Dam in
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where it established and spread into the Komati River system in
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(
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;
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Bills
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, 2004
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). Verbal reports (2019 pers. com., Erica Tovela,
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Museum) from
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indicate the species has recently spread onto the
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coastal plain.
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