Plotonus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae)

Gomon, Janet R; Taylor, William Ralph; J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology

Title: Plotonus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae)
Title: Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) no.22
Creator: Gomon, Janet R
Creator: Taylor, William Ralph
Creator: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Subject: Catfishes
Date Issued: 1982-08
Date: 1982-08
Type: text
Type: book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69871
Identifier: vital:29590
Identifier: Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 22
Description: Plotosus nkunga sp. n., from the east coast of South Africa, possibly ranging as far north as Zanzibar, is most similar to Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes, from the coasts of India, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Aldabra. Plotosus nkunga differs most notably in having fewer total gill rakers on the anterior faces of the first two arches, 16 to 21 versus 20 to 25 first arch, 16 to 24 versus 23 to 27 second arch; in having modally one more precaudal vertebra and slight modal differences in number of ribs and branchiostegal rays; in the shapes of the mesethmoid and the parapophyses of the fourth and fifth centra of the anterior complex vertebra; in the length of the maxilla; and in certain body proportions. Descriptions, annotated synonymies and illustrations are given for both species. A key to the five known species of Plotosus is presented.
Format: 19 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Language: English
Relation: Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology)
Relation: Gomon, J. R. & Taylor, W. R. (1982) Plotonus nkunga, a new species of catfish from South Africa, with a redescription of Plotosus limbatus Valenciennes and key to the species of Plotosus (Siluriformes: Plotosidae). Grahamstown, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Special publication, no. 22
Relation: Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) volume number 22 1 19 August 1982 0075-2088 0-86810-087-0
Rights: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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