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Hylopanchax multisquamatus Bragança, van der Zee, Sonnenberg & Vreven, 2020
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Hylopanchax multisquamatus
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cyprinodontiformes (Rivulines, killifishes and live bearers) > Procatopodidae (African lampeyes) > Procatopodinae
Etymology: Hylopanchax: Greek, hylo, hyle = material, wood + Panchax, a word created by Meinken in 1932; multisquamatus: The name is derived from the Latin term multi meaning 'many' and squama meaning 'scale' and refers to the high number in mid-longitudinal scales (Ref. 123864).
Etymology: Hylopanchax: Greek, hylo, hyle = material, wood + Panchax, a word created by Meinken in 1932; multisquamatus: The name is derived from the Latin term multi meaning 'many' and squama meaning 'scale' and refers to the high number in mid-longitudinal scales (Ref. 123864).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; pelagic. Tropical
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Africa: tributaries of the Ivindo River drainage, a right-bank affluent of the Ogowe River basin, in Gabon (Ref. 123864).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123864); 2.1 cm SL (female)
Max length : 2.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 123864); 2.1 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 8; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 16; Vertebrae: 31 - 32. Diagnosis: Hylopanchax multisquamatus is distinguished from its congeners by the presence of more scales along the mid-longitudinal series of scales, 27-30 vs. 19-26, and by the possession of an anterior/posterior flank scale height ration, 140%-150% vs. 170%-220% (Ref. 123864). It is distinguished from H. stictopleuron by the number of scales in transversal row, 6 vs. 5; in addition, H. multisquamatus is distinguished from congeners except Hylopanchax thysi, by the presence of a hyaline urogenital male papilla with small black spots in preserved specimens vs. black, and by the presence of a dark-brown reticulate pattern on the flank of both males and females vs. absence or less-conspicuous pattern; finally, H. multisquamatus is distinguished from H. thysi by the presence of 11-12 pectoral-fin rays vs. 13-14, a male caudal peduncle depth-length ratio between 40-45% vs. 53-59%, a body depth of 20.0-23.7% of standard length vs. 25.2-27.8%, a female predorsal length between 66.0-74.8% of standard length vs. 62.0-64.0%, and a female prepelvic length of 42.1-45.1% of standard length vs. 33.7-38.0% (Ref. 123864).
This species inhabits shallow creeks inside dense forest areas (Ref. 123864).
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Main reference
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Bragança, P.H.N., J.R. van der Zee, R. Sonnenberg and E.J.W.M.N. Vreven, 2021. Description of two new miniature species of Hylopanchax Poll & Lambert, 1965 (Cypriniformes: Procatopodidae) from northeastern Gabon, with an updated diagnosis of the genus based on morphology, colouration and osteology. J. Fish Biol. 98(3):655-667. (Ref. 123864)
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00514 - 0.02450), b=3.04 (2.87 - 3.21), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).