Leuchtaugen-Spaltenlaicher

Lampeye Killifish Afrika I

Leuchtaugen -Spaltenlaicher (13)

Gattung Lamprichthys Regan, 1911 (1)

Lamprichthys tanganicanus (Boulenger, 1898) (Tanganjika-Leuchtaugenfisch)

Gattung Plataplochilus Ahl, 1928 (9)

Plataplochilus cabindae (Boulenger, 1911)

Plataplochilus chalcopyrus Lambert, 1963

Plataplochilus eliasi Walsh, Bragança & van der Zee, 2022

Plataplochilus loemensis (Pellegrin, 1924)

Plataplochilus miltotaenia Lambert, 1963

Plataplochilus mimus Lambert, 1967

Plataplochilus ngaensis (Ahl, 1924)

Plataplochilus pulcher Lambert, 1967

Plataplochilus terveri (Huber, 1981)

Gattung Procatopus Boulenger, 1904 (3)

Procatopus aberrans Ahl, 1927

Procatopus nototaenia Boulenger, 1904

Procatopus similis Ahl, 1927

Lamprichthys (Regan, 1911) (1)

The Osteology and Classification of the Teleostean Fishes of the Order Microcyprini.

Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 8 (7): 325.

Type-species: by monotypy as Haplochilus tanganicanus Boulenger, 1898.

Type locality: Mbity rocks, (southern side of) lake Tanganyika.

Lamprichthys tanganicanus (Boulenger, 1898)

Report on the Fishes obtained by Mr. J.E.S. Moore in Lake Tanganyika. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, (part 3): 497.

Type locality: Mbity rocks, (southern side of) lake Tanganyika.

Plataplochilus (Ahl 1928) (9)

Beiträge zur Systematik der afrikanische Zahnkarpfen. Zool. Anz., 79 (3-4): 116.

Type-species: by original designation (also monotypic) as Haplochilichthys ngaensis Ahl, 1924.

Type locality: Attogondema, Niga river, German Cameroon

Plataplochilus sp. Méla, 63kms north-east of Kougouleu PEG 1993-20

Fänger: Guido Passaro & Wolfgang Eberl, 1993, Gabon.

Plataplochilus

Plataplochilus cabindae (Boulenger 1911)

Description of new African Cyprinodont Fishes. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 8 (8), (44): 264.

Type locality: Lucola river, near Cabinda, Angola.

Synonym: Aplocheilichthys micrurus Ahl, 1928

Aplocheilichthys cabindae (Boulenger, 1911)

Plataplochilus chalcopyrus (Lambert 1963)

Description de deux Cyprinodontidae nouveaux du Gabon. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 68: 309, figs. 1-2.

Type locality: Diala river, PK (kilometer marker) 50 on road Lambaréné-Mouila, Gabon.

Plataplochilus eliasi (Walsh, Bragança & Zee, 2022)

(Cyprinodontiformes: Procatopodidae) a new species from the upper Noumbi River in the Republic of the Congo

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ABSTRACT

Forty years after the last Plataplochilus description was published, a new species, P. eliasi, is described from streams in the upper reaches of the Bondo River tributary (Noumbi Basin) in the Mayumbe Mountains of the Republic of the Congo. The new species is distinguished from all congeners by the males’ colouration pattern, which consists of a crescent-shaped dark blue band on the lower half of the body, and the larger body depth (38.4–42.4% of standard length – SL). All other described species of which the colour pattern in life specimens is known are lacking this band and have a silvery lower body with (depending on the species) a light blueish, greenish or brownish iridescence. In addition, Plataplochilus miltotaenia and P. pulcher have a narrow mid-longitudinal red line on the flanks that is absent in all other described species, including P. eliasi sp. nov. The body depth (presented as a percentage of SL) is also useful in distinguishing the new species (body depth 38.4–42.4% of SL) from its congeners: P. cabindae (25.3–27.8% of SL) P. chalcopyrus (23.3–27.0% of SL), P. micrurus (25.5% of SL in the single type), P. mimus (29.7–32.5% of SL), P. ngaensis (28.4–31.5% of SL), P. pulcher (27.4–33.5% of SL), P. terveri (28.7–30.9% of SL) and P. loemensis (30.7–33% of SL). The taxonomic status of the genus is discussed, and for the first time osteology of the genus is examined, revealing the following likely diagnostic characters shared by all examined species: anterior portion of alveolar arm of premaxilla developed in a squared process, rectangular and anteroposteriorly elongated lachrymal, dorsoposterior process of autopalatine directed upwards, elliptical supracleithrum, and dorsoposterior border of cleithrum broad and posteriorly elongated. Detailed habitat, ecological and distribution data for this new species are also provided.

Plataplochilus loemensis (Pellegrin 1924)

Poissons de la Région de Loango (Gabon) recueillis par M. Baudon. Description de deux Espèces et de deux Variétés nouvelles. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 49: 289, fig. 3.

Type locality: Lombo (today Koulombo, subseq.) river, (northern) tributary of Loémé river, Gabon (today southwestern Congo).

Plataplochilus miltotaenia (Lambert 1963)

Description de deux Cyprinodontidae nouveaux du Gabon. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 68: 314, figs. 4-5.

Type locality: PK 19 (19th kilometer marker) of the road Lambaréné-Mouila, western Gabon.

Plataplochilus miltotaenia "EBT 1996-24"

Plataplochilus mimus (Lambert, 1967)

Description de deux nouvelles Espèces de Plataplochilus Ahl du Gabon, avec une Redéfinition de l'Espèce P. cabindae (Blgr.) (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 76: 364, figs. 1-2.

Type locality: N'Koltang, PK 28 (28th kilometer marker) along road Libreville-Kango, Gabon.

Plataplochilus ngaensis (Ahl 1924)

Neue Afrikanische Zahnkarpfen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Berlin. Zool. Anz., 61 (3-4): 135.

Type locality: Attogondema, Nga river, German Cameroun (Attokondama, tributary to Noya river, northern Gabon, near the border with Mbini, subseq.).

Synonym: Aplocheilichthys ngaensis (Ahl, 1924)

Plataplochilus pulcher (Lambert, 1967)

Description de deux nouvelles Espèces de Plataplochilus Ahl du Gabon, avec une Redéfinition de l'Espèce P. cabindae (Blgr.) (Pisces, Cyprinodontidae). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr., 76: 368, fig. 3.

Type locality: PK 40 (40th kilometer marker) along road Libreville-Kango, Gabon.

Plataplochilus terveri (Huber 1981)

A Review of the Cyprinodont Fauna of the coastal Plain in Rio Muni, Gabon, Congo, Cabinda, and Zaire with taxonomic Shifts in Aphyosemion, Epiplatys, and west African Procatopodins. British Killifish Ass. Publ., Separatum: 39, fig.

Type locality: La Passa (today Mpassa, east of Franceville at confluence between Ogooué and Mpassa rivers, subseq.), upper Ogooué river, Gabon.

Procatopus (Boulenger 1904) (3)

Type Species : Procatopus nototaenia

Type locality: 15-20 miles (ca. 24-32 km) southwest of Efulen, tributaries to Lobi river (today Lobé), reaching the sea at Batanga, southern Cameroun.

Procatopus aberrans (Ahl 1927)

Neue Afrikanische Fische der Familien Anabantidae und Cyprinodontidae.

Sitz. Gesell. Naturf. Freunde, Berlin: 80.

Type locality: Ossidinge (or Ossidenge, today Mamfé, subseq.), Cameroun.

Procatopus aberrans "CAM 2006-15"

Procatopus nototaenia (Boulenger 1904)

Descriptions of new West African Freshwater Fishes. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 7 (14): 20.

Type locality: 15-20 miles (ca. 24-32 km) southwest of Efulen, tributaries to Lobi river (today Lobé), reaching the sea at Batanga, southern Cameroun.