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Check-List of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa Cloffa Catalogue Des Poissons D'eau Douce D'afrique • .- . 'J ' "\" '- CHECK-LIST CATALOCÙE OF THE DES ~ FRESHWATER POISSONS ." FISHES OF D'EAU OOUCE AFRICA DAFRIQllli J, Editors / Coordinateurs J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D.F.E. Thys van den Audenaerde C/offa Il Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa Cloffa Catalogue des poissons d'eau douce d'Afrique Volume II EditorsfCoordinateurs : J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde ISNB Bruxelles MRAC Tervuren ORSTOM Paris 1986 Published in April 1986 by Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 29, Rue Vautier, B-104O Bruxelles, Belgium by Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, B-1980 Tervuren, Belgium and Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, 213, Rue Lafayette, 75010 Paris. Printed by N.V. George Michiels, Tongeren. Publié en avril 1986 par l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 29, Rue Vautier, B-1040 Bruxelles, Belgique par le Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, B-1980 Tervuren, Belgique et par l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, 213, Rue Lafayette, 75010 Paris. Imprimé par S.A. George Michiels, Tongres. ISBN 2-87177-002-6 ISNB - MRAC - ORSTOM 1986 Printed in Belgium. Dépôt légal: D/ 1986/0339/2. Editor's note The second volume of the Check-list of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa has been written in the same style adopted for the first volume, following the principles explained at the beginning of it. Included in the text are details of each family represented and these are listed alphabetically in an index of their scientific names including synonyms at each taxonomie level (family, genus, subgenus, species and infraspecific taxa). The fami­ lies are numbered from 31 to 74, representing family 61 is the Cichlidae, on the grounds that it is of particular importance it will be treated in a separate volume. To allow the reader access to the information cited in the first two volumes, the third volume will be devoted to a complete bibliography of their references, ordered alphabetically and those for each author placed in chronological order. Thus, the remaining family the Cichlidae, will be treated in a fourth volume. This will also contain a bibliography ofthe references cited that are not included in the general index of the third volume. The present volume contains the following numbers of taxa: 43 families 211 genera 1045 species (subspecies excluded) J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse and D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde. vii Note des coordinateurs Le deuxième volume du Catalogue des Poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique a été rédigé selon les mêmes normes que celles suivies pour le premier volume et qui se trouvent explicitées en tête de celui-ci. Il comprend le texte détaillé pour les familles dont la liste figure plus loin et un index alphabétique des noms scientifiques comportant les synonymes à tous les niveaux taxinomiques (famille, genre, sous-genre, espèce et taxon infra­ spécifique). Les familles sont numérotées de 31 à 74, mais la famille 61, celle des Cichlidae, en raison de son importance particulière sera traitée dans un autre volume. Pour permettre aux lecteurs d'utiliser pleinement les informations contenues dans les deux premiers volumes, ceux-ci seront suivis d'un troisième comportant la liste des références biblio­ graphiques complètes, par ordre alphabétique d'auteur et pour chaque auteur par ordre chronologique. Ainsi, il ne restera plus à traiter dans un quatrième volume que la famille des Cichlidae. y seront ajoutées les références bibliographiques complètes non incluses dans le troisième volume ainsi qu'un index général. Le présent volume comprend le nombre suivant de taxons : 43 familles 211 genres 1045 espèces (sous-espèces exclues) J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse et D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde viii Contents Table des matières Editor's note vii Note des coordinateurs viii List of families xi Liste des familles xi List of abbreviations xiii Liste des abréviations xiii C/offa 2 C/offa 2 List of contributors 439 Liste des collaborateurs 439 Alphabetical index of scientific Index alphabétique des noms scien­ names 441 tifiques 441 x List of fanlilies quoted in Volume II Liste des familles citées dans le Volume II Teleostei (Continued) Si/uriformes 31 Bagridae by L. Risch. 32 Schilbeidae by L. De Vos. 33 Amphiliidae by P. H. Skelton & G. G. Teugels. 34 Clariidae by G. G. Teugels. 35 Malapteruridae by J.-P. Gosse. 36 Mochokidae by J.-P. Gosse. 37 Ariidae by W. R. Taylor. 38 Plotosidae by W. R. Taylor & J. R. Gomon. Atheriniformes 39 Hemiramphidae by B. B. Colette. 40 Cyprinodontidae by R. H. Wildekamp, R. Romand & J. J. Scheel. 41 Atherinidae by A. L. Maugé. Gasterosteiformes 42 Gasterosteidae by J. Arnoult. 43 Syngnathidae by C. E. Dawson. Channiformes 44 Channidae by G. G. Teugels, J. J. Breine & D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde. Synbranchiformes 45 Synbranchidae by J. Daget. Perciformes 46 Centropomidae by J. Daget. 47 Ambassidae by A. L. Maugé. 48 Serranidae by J. Daget & C. L. Smith. 49 Teraponidae by R. P. Vari. 50 Kuhliidae by A. L. Maugé. 51 Carangidae by J. Daget & W. F. Smith-Vaniz. 52 Lutjanidae by G. R. Allen. 53 Gerridae by C. Roux. 54 Pomadasyidae by C. Roux. 55 Sparidae by M. L. Bauchot & P. H. Skelton. 56 Sciaenidae by J. Daget & E. Trewavas. 57 Monodactylidae by M. Desoutter. 58 Ephippidae by M. Desoutter. 59 Scatophagidae by J. Arnoult. 60 Nandidae by D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde & J. J. Breine. 61 Cichlidae (reported to Vol. IV). 62 Mugilidae by J. M. Thomson. 63 Sphyraenidae by J. Daget. 64 Polynemidae by J. Daget & J. C. Njock. Xl 65 Blenniidae by H. Bath. 66 Gobiidae by A. L. Maugé. 67 Eleotridae by A. L. Maugé. 68 Periophthalmidae by A. L. Maugé. 69 Anabantidae by J.-P. Gosse. 70 Mastacembelidae by R. A. Travers, G. Eynikel & D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde. J>leuronectiforr.nes 71 Bothidae by M. Desoutter. 72 Soleidae by M. Desoutter. 73 Cynoglossidae by M. Desoutter. Tetraodontiforr.nes 74 Tetraodontidae by T. R. Roberts. XII List of abbreviations Liste des abréviations Museums AM Albany Museum, Grahamstown AMNH American Museum of Natural History, New York AMS Australian Museum, Sidney ANSP Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia BMNH British Museum (Natural History), London BPBM Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu CAS Califomia Academy of Sciences, San Francisco CAS(SU) Stanford University Collections, CAS, San Fransisco CM Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg CNHM Chicago Museum of Natural History FMNH Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago GNHN Naturhistoriska Museet, Goteborg IFAN Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, Dakar ISNB Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles LS Linnean Society, London MB Museu Bocage, Lisboa MCZ Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard MD Museu do Dundo, Angola MHNG Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève MH-V Musée de Haute-Volta MNHN Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris MRAC Musée Royal d'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren MSNF Museo di Storia Naturale, Firenze MSNG Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova MZUF Museo Zoologico, Universitâ, Firenze MZUT Museo Zoologico, Universitâ, Torino NM Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg NMB Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel NMG Naturhistorisches Museum, Goteborg NMH Naturhistorisches Museum, Hamburg NMW Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien NRMS Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm PEM Port Elizabeth Museum QVM Queen Victoria Museum, Salisbury RMNH Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden ROM Royal Ontario Museum RUSI J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown SAM South Mrican Museum, Capetown SMF Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main SMP State Museum, Windhoek TM Transvaal Museum UBNM Zoologisk Museum Universitetet, Bergen UMMZ University Michigan Museum of Zoology USNM United States National Museum, Washington ZIAN Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Leningrad xiü ZMA Zoologisch Museum, Amsterdam ZMH Naturhistorisches Museum, Hamburg ZMHU Zoologisches Museum der Humbold-Universitat, Berlin ZMO Zoologisk Museum, Oslo ZMU Zoologiska Museet, Uppsala ZMUC Universitetets Zoologiske Museum, Kl1Jbenhavn ZSI Zoological Survey of India xiv Teleostei (Continued) Silurifonnes 31 Bagridae by L. Risch G: 19 Sp: 108 31.1 AMARGINOPS NicboJs & Griscom, 1917 Gender: M Amarginops Nichols & Griscom, 1917: 713. Type species: Amarginops p/atus Nichols & Griscom, 1917 by monotypy. 31.1.1 A17Ulrgillops p/atus NichoJs & Griscom, 1917 Amarginops p/atus Nichols & Griscom, 1917 : 713. Type locality : «Stan­ leyville », now Kisangani, Zaïre. Holotype AMNH nO 6528; paratype AMNH nO 6648 1 Pellegrin, 1927 1 : 428 1 Poli, 1957 a: 111 1 Poli & Gosse, 1963 b : 80 1 Jayaram, 1966 : 1098. Distribution and habitat : only known by the type specimen. Size : 170 mm SL. 31.2 AUCHENOGLANIS Giinther, 1865 Gender: M Auchenaspis Bleeker, 1858 a : 198. Type species : Pime/odus biscutatus Geof­ froy Saint-Hilaire, 1809, by subsequent designation of Bleeker, 1863 c : 101. Auchenog/anis Günther, 1865 d : 165. Nomen novum for Auchenaspis Bleeker, 1858, preoccupied by Auchenaspis Egerton, 1857 (for a genus of fossil fishes). Oxyg/anis Vinciguerra, 1898: 249. Type species : Oxyg/anis sacchii Vinci­ guerra, 1898, by original designation. 31.2.1 Auc1rellog/anis alrli HoUy, 1930 Auchenog/anis ah/i Holly, 1930 a : 201, 248, pl. 1, fig. 9. Type locality : «Gebirchsbache von Bakoko, Kamerun ». Syntypes NMW 1 Trewavas, 1962 a: 151 1 Jayaram, 1966 : 1132 1 Trewavas, 1974 : 356. Distribution and habitat : South Cameroon. Size: 105 mm TL. 31.2.2 Auchellog/anis a/tipillnis Boulenger, 1911 Auchenog/anis a/tipinnis Boulenger, 1911 a : 372, fig. 288. Type locality : «Ja River at Esamesa, Cameroon ». Holotype BMNH nO 1911.5.30: 30 1 Boulenger, 1911 n: 18 1 Boulenger, 1916 a : 311 1 Holly, 1927 c : 195 1 Pellegrin, 1927 1 : 427 1 Monod, 1928 a : 77 1 Holly, 1930 a : 247 1 Pellegrin, 1930 e : 452 1Gras, 1960 : 404 1Stauch, 1963 : 57 1Jayaram, 1966: 1128. Distribution and habitat : South Cameroon. Size : 210 mm TL.
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