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Revision of the Pv. taeniatus-group

Mike Wise

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Dr. Lamboj and associates have finally published their revision of the Pv. taeniatus-group species. Based on the abstract from the paper, Pv. taeniatus is now restricted to populations from Nigeria and Benin. Most of the populations from Cameroons are now in the re-erected species Pv. kribensis. I'm surprised that they describe only 1 new species,Pv. drachenfelsi, formerly the Wouri population. I expected the Moliwe population to be another new species. Maybe in the future??
 

Ekona

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Thanks for the FYI, Mike.

Here is the abstract.

As I'm sure you saw in the abstract, populations from both the Moliwe River and the Nyong River system - considerably further south - have the potential to be new species, as Lamboj states, pending further studies. Also, that the genus Pelvicachromis may wind up being split into different genera.
 

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