TY - JOUR
T1 - Description of two new species of the Midas cichlid complex (Teleostei
T2 - Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua
AU - Geiger, Matthias F.
AU - McCrary, Jeffrey K.
AU - Stauffer, Jr., Jay Richard
PY - 2010/8/1
Y1 - 2010/8/1
N2 - Two species belonging to the Amphilophus citrinellus (Gnther, 1864) species complex endemic to Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua are described. Both species exhibit unique phenotypic characters that have not been found in other members of the species complex. Furthermore, they breed assortatively in Lake Apoyo and can readily be distinguished in the field from all other described species found in that lake. Including the two herein described species, six species that form a monophyletic species assemblage within the Midas cichlid complex inhabit Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua.
AB - Two species belonging to the Amphilophus citrinellus (Gnther, 1864) species complex endemic to Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua are described. Both species exhibit unique phenotypic characters that have not been found in other members of the species complex. Furthermore, they breed assortatively in Lake Apoyo and can readily be distinguished in the field from all other described species found in that lake. Including the two herein described species, six species that form a monophyletic species assemblage within the Midas cichlid complex inhabit Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua.
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U2 - 10.2988/09-20.1
DO - 10.2988/09-20.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77955695349
SN - 0006-324X
VL - 123
SP - 159
EP - 173
JO - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
JF - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
IS - 2
ER -