Redescription of Liza bandialensis (Teleostei: Mugilidae) with an identification key to mullet species of Eastern Central Atlantic.
Liza bandialensis Diouf 1991 is redescribed because previous descriptions have not been in well-distributed publications and have lacked sufficient detail or reference to voucher specimens. The description provided here is based on specimens from the Sine Saloum estuary, Senegal (West Africa), from where the species was originally described. The distinctness of the species is confirmed both by meristic and molecular criteria. L. bandialensis presents a unique combination of characters with a low number of scales in the longitudinal series (32-33), 10.5-12 transverse scale rows, and distinctly yellowish dorsal, anal, and caudal fins. The currently known distribution of L. bandialensis includes coastal waters of Senegal, Gambia and Guinea Bissau. Finally, we provide a morphological identification key for the sixteen species of Mugilidae species occurring along the eastern central Atlantic coast of Africa.
Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), UMR 5119 Ecosym, université Montpellier 2, cc 093, place Eugène-Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France. sebastien_trape@yahoo.fr
Sébastien
S
Trape
Ian J
IJ
Harrison
Papa Samba
PS
Diouf
Jean-Dominique
JD
Durand
D000818:Animals; D001267:Atlantic Ocean; D012623:Seawater; D023701:Smegmamorpha / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*