Journal Article
African cichlid fishes: morphological data and taxonomic insights from a genus-level survey of supraneurals, pterygiophores, and vertebral counts (Ovalentaria, Blenniiformes, Cichlidae, Pseudocrenilabrinae)
Oliver, M.K.
Record Number:
6763
Year:
2024
Journal:
Biodiversity Data Journal
Volume:
12: e130707
Book Title:
http://urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9797B732-39DB-4A3F-94BC-B82D841CEDD0
Abstract:
Here, I provide the first survey in cichlids of the considerable variation in numbers of
vertebrae, supraneurals and dorsal- and anal-fin supports (pterygiophores), as well as
the patterns with which the pterygiophores insert between the neural or haemal spines.
The study includes some 1700 specimens of nearly 400 cichlid species. Focusing on the
largest subfamily, the African cichlids or Pseudocrenilabrinae, the survey furnishes data
from species in all but one of its 166 genera. Limited data from species in the other cichlid
subfamilies (Etroplinae, Ptychochrominae and Cichlinae) and from the related leaffishes,
Polycentridae, are also presented. Key examples of pterygiophore insertion patterns from
throughout the range of variation are illustrated and discussed. Detailed analytical tables
and all raw data are provided in supplementary files
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