Orde: Characiformes
Familie: Alestidae
Genus: Alestes
Soort: Alestes inferus
A New Alestes (Characiformes, Alestidae) from the Mpozo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A new species of Alestes from the Mpozo River in the Bas Congo Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo is described and diagnostic characters for the genus are presented. Alestes inferus, new species, is differentiated from all other members of the genus by its lower and non-overlapping lateral-line scale count (31–33 versus 36–51) and its reduced and non-overlapping vertebral count (39–40 versus 41–49). Within Alestes, the new species appears to be most closely related to A. macrophthalmus and A. liebrechtsii, based on the shared possession by these three species of a tubular, bony extension enclosing the olfactory nerve on the lateral ethmoid, and bifurcated lateral-line canals terminating in two pores. Alestes liebrechtsii and A. inferus are the only species of the genus known from the lower Congo River.
A new species of Alestes from the Mpozo River in the Bas Congo Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo is described and diagnostic characters for the genus are presented. Alestes inferus, new species, is differentiated from all other members of the genus by its lower and non-overlapping lateral-line scale count (31–33 versus 36–51) and its reduced and non-overlapping vertebral count (39–40 versus 41–49). Within Alestes, the new species appears to be most closely related to A. macrophthalmus and A. liebrechtsii, based on the shared possession by these three species of a tubular, bony extension enclosing the olfactory nerve on the lateral ethmoid, and bifurcated lateral-line canals terminating in two pores. Alestes liebrechtsii and A. inferus are the only species of the genus known from the lower Congo River.
1 American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ichthyology, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024; E-mail: (MLJS) mljs@amnh.org; and (RCS) schelly@amnh.org.
2 Institut de Développement Rural, Université Marien Ngouabi, B.P. 69 Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; E-mail: mamonekene@hotmail.com.
2 Institut de Développement Rural, Université Marien Ngouabi, B.P. 69 Brazzaville, Republic of Congo; E-mail: mamonekene@hotmail.com.
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