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Jos Snoeks
Biologie
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Ibala Zamba*, A., Liyandja, T.L.D, Lamboj, A., Snoeks, J. & Vreven, E. 2022. ‘Parananochromis moutingae (Teleostei: Cichlidae): a new species from Central Africa, and the first record
of the genus in the Congo River basin’. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters/ IEF-1074: 1-14. Munchen : Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. DOI: http://doi.org/10.23788/IEF-1074. URL: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1E76B30D-343F-49E5-BFBA-18503E6028EE (PR).
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Parananochromis moutingae, new species, is the first species of Parananochromis to be recorded as endemic to the
Congo Basin. It is recorded from the Lefini, Lebomo, and Mayi Ndombe Rivers in the middle Congo. Parananochromis moutingae is distinguished from all congeners by a unique combination of the following meristic and
morphological characters: three tubular infraorbital bones; a well-developed hanging pad on the pharynx roof;
more scales between the dorsal-fin origin and the upper lateral line (5.5-6.5); more small scales between pectoral
and pelvic fin insertions (8-10); presence of scales on the chest; more gill rakers on the lower limb of the first gill
arch (8-9); more teeth (5-7) on pharyngobranchial 2 of upper pharyngeal jaw; longer snout (32-39% HL); longer
predorsal distance (33.9-36.1% SL); broader than long lower pharyngeal jaw; straight urohyal spine; and slightly
indented ventral margin of the lower pharyngeal keel. Despite concerted efforts, the species has not been collected
in the Lefini River since its original discovery in 2008, probably as a result of the installation of a hydroelectric
dam, but it seems to subsist in the other two locations