Redescription of Dolichallabes microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae)
- Author
- Stijn Devaere, GG Teugels, Dominique Adriaens (UGent) , F Huysentruyt and Walter Verraes (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- As a part of the general revision of anguilliform clariid genera and species, the status of Dolichallabes microphthalmus poll, 1942, is reviewed, based on morphology and osteology of all available museum specimens. Dolichallabes microphthalmus, the most elongate species within the Clariidae, has been redescribed. Compared to Channallabes apus and Gymnallabes typus, D. microphthalmus is characterized by, in addition to some meristic differences, an elongate body, reduced skull ossification, with (1) one elongate fontanel, (2) antorbital and infraorbital IV the only circumorbital bones present, (3) only one or two suprapreopercular bones on each side, and (4) a sphenotic bearing only one process. Osteological evidence suggests that D. microphthalmus could be considered a paedomorphic clariid.
- Keywords
- CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY, CLARIAS-GARIEPINUS BURCHELL, LIMBLESSNESS, SILUROIDEI, ONTOGENY
Citation
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-348814
- MLA
- Devaere, Stijn, et al. “Redescription of Dolichallabes Microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae).” COPEIA, no. 1, 2004, pp. 108–15.
- APA
- Devaere, S., Teugels, G., Adriaens, D., Huysentruyt, F., & Verraes, W. (2004). Redescription of Dolichallabes microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae). COPEIA, (1), 108–115.
- Chicago author-date
- Devaere, Stijn, GG Teugels, Dominique Adriaens, F Huysentruyt, and Walter Verraes. 2004. “Redescription of Dolichallabes Microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae).” COPEIA, no. 1: 108–15.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Devaere, Stijn, GG Teugels, Dominique Adriaens, F Huysentruyt, and Walter Verraes. 2004. “Redescription of Dolichallabes Microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae).” COPEIA (1): 108–115.
- Vancouver
- 1.Devaere S, Teugels G, Adriaens D, Huysentruyt F, Verraes W. Redescription of Dolichallabes microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae). COPEIA. 2004;(1):108–15.
- IEEE
- [1]S. Devaere, G. Teugels, D. Adriaens, F. Huysentruyt, and W. Verraes, “Redescription of Dolichallabes microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae),” COPEIA, no. 1, pp. 108–115, 2004.
@article{348814,
abstract = {{As a part of the general revision of anguilliform clariid genera and species, the status of Dolichallabes microphthalmus poll, 1942, is reviewed, based on morphology and osteology of all available museum specimens. Dolichallabes microphthalmus, the most elongate species within the Clariidae, has been redescribed. Compared to Channallabes apus and Gymnallabes typus, D. microphthalmus is characterized by, in addition to some meristic differences, an elongate body, reduced skull ossification, with (1) one elongate fontanel, (2) antorbital and infraorbital IV the only circumorbital bones present, (3) only one or two suprapreopercular bones on each side, and (4) a sphenotic bearing only one process. Osteological evidence suggests that D. microphthalmus could be considered a paedomorphic clariid.}},
author = {{Devaere, Stijn and Teugels, GG and Adriaens, Dominique and Huysentruyt, F and Verraes, Walter}},
issn = {{0045-8511}},
journal = {{COPEIA}},
keywords = {{CRANIAL MORPHOLOGY,CLARIAS-GARIEPINUS BURCHELL,LIMBLESSNESS,SILUROIDEI,ONTOGENY}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{1}},
pages = {{108--115}},
title = {{Redescription of Dolichallabes microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae)}},
year = {{2004}},
}