title: Description of Hylopanchax paucisquamatus (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), a new lampeye species from the Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo.
abstract: A new deep-bodied Hylopanchax species is described from the northwestern Congo basin. Hylopanchax paucisquamatus, new species, was collected in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Likouala River drainage of the Republic of Congo. It differs from its congeners, including the deep-bodied H. leki and H. ndeko, by a unique combination of morphological characters, including low number of mid-longitudinal and transverse scales, number of dorsal-fin rays, and position of dorsal-fin origin in relation to anal-fin. It is the only deep-bodied species currently known outside the Kasaï River drainage.
authors.affiliation: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Department of Vertebrates, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany.; Email: r.sonnenberg.zfmk@uni-bonn.de.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sonnenberg
authors.affiliation: Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, NY 14850-1923, USA.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Friel
authors.affiliation: Royal Museum for Central Africa, Vertebrate Section, Ichthyology, Leuvensesteenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren, Belgium.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Jouke R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Van der Zee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003223:Congo; D003532:Cyprinodontiformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male