From a pair to a dozen: the piscivorous species of Haplochromis (Cichlidae) from the Lake Edward system

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F22%3A00128611" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/22:00128611 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1749/6615" target="_blank" >https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1749/6615</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.815.1749" target="_blank" >10.5852/ejt.2022.815.1749</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

From a pair to a dozen: the piscivorous species of Haplochromis (Cichlidae) from the Lake Edward system

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Piscivory is a common trophic niche among cichlids of the East African Great Lakes, including Lakes Edward and George. From these two lakes, we examined the taxonomic diversity of cichlid species with a piscivorous morphology. Prior to this study, two piscivorous species were formally described, Haplochromis squamipinnis and H. mentatus. We redescribe both species and describe an additional ten new species of Haplochromis with a piscivorous morphology: H. latifrons sp. nov., H. rex sp. nov., H. simba sp. nov., H. glaucus sp. nov., H. aquila sp. nov., H. kimondo sp. nov., H. falcatus sp. nov., H. curvidens sp. nov., H. pardus sp. nov., and H. quasimodo sp. nov. All twelve species differ in dominant male colour pattern (unknown for H. latifrons sp. nov. and H. curvidens sp. nov.) and morphological traits. The species can be divided into two morphological groups: the macrodontic piscivores and the microdontic piscivores. This division potentially reflects an ecological differentiation in habitat use, hunting technique, prey species, and prey size. We conclude that some 12–20% of the species from the cichlid assemblage of Lake Edward have a piscivorous morphology.

Název v anglickém jazyce

From a pair to a dozen: the piscivorous species of Haplochromis (Cichlidae) from the Lake Edward system

Popis výsledku anglicky

Piscivory is a common trophic niche among cichlids of the East African Great Lakes, including Lakes Edward and George. From these two lakes, we examined the taxonomic diversity of cichlid species with a piscivorous morphology. Prior to this study, two piscivorous species were formally described, Haplochromis squamipinnis and H. mentatus. We redescribe both species and describe an additional ten new species of Haplochromis with a piscivorous morphology: H. latifrons sp. nov., H. rex sp. nov., H. simba sp. nov., H. glaucus sp. nov., H. aquila sp. nov., H. kimondo sp. nov., H. falcatus sp. nov., H. curvidens sp. nov., H. pardus sp. nov., and H. quasimodo sp. nov. All twelve species differ in dominant male colour pattern (unknown for H. latifrons sp. nov. and H. curvidens sp. nov.) and morphological traits. The species can be divided into two morphological groups: the macrodontic piscivores and the microdontic piscivores. This division potentially reflects an ecological differentiation in habitat use, hunting technique, prey species, and prey size. We conclude that some 12–20% of the species from the cichlid assemblage of Lake Edward have a piscivorous morphology.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

European Journal of Taxonomy

ISSN

2118-9773

e-ISSN

2118-9773

Svazek periodika

815

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

April

Stát vydavatele periodika

FR - Francouzská republika

Počet stran výsledku

94

Strana od-do

1-94

Kód UT WoS článku

000791025400001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85132556395