Shuja horei Günther, 1894

Genner, Martin J., Hsu, Ling-Lan, Collins, Rupert A., Smith, Alan M., Saxon, Andrew D., Shechonge, Asilatu H., Ngatunga, Benjamin P. & Turner, George F., 2022, Revision of the African cichlid fish genus Ctenochromis (Teleostei, Cichliformes), including a description of the new genus Shuja from Lake Tanganyika and the new species Ctenochromis scatebra from northern Tanzania, European Journal of Taxonomy 819, pp. 23-54 : 41-42

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scientific name	Shuja horei Günther, 1894
status	gen. et comb. nov.

Treatment

Shuja horei Günther, 1894 gen. et comb. nov.

Fig. 5 View Fig

Chromis horei Günther, 1894: 630 , pl. 58a.

Tilapia horii Boulenger, 1899: 122 View in CoL .

Tilapia fasciata tanganaicae Borodin, 1936: 29 View in CoL .

Haplochromis horei View in CoL – Trewavas 1946: 242. — van Oijen et al. 1991: 131. — Wamuini Lunkayilakio &

Vreven 2010: 280. Tilapia fasciata tanganaicae View in CoL – Trewavas 1946: 242. Ctenochromis horii View in CoL – Greenwood 1979: 289–290. Ctenochromis horei View in CoL – Poll & Gosse 1995: 229. — De Vos et al. 2001: 130, 132. — Kullander & Roberts

2011: 362, 369. — Konings 2015: 223; 2019: 237.

Material examined

Syntypes TANZANIA • 3 individuals; near Ujiji ( Boulenger 1915), Lake Tanganyika; BMNH 1889.1.30.13 – BMNH 1889.1.30.15 ( Fig. 5C View Fig ) .

Additional material

TANZANIA • 1 individual; Malagarasi River , Ilagala; 28 Jul. 2016; BMNH 2021.7.15.14 ( Fig. 5B View Fig ) .

Distribution

Lake Tanganyika and proximate rivers.

References

Borodin N. A. 1936. On a collection of freshwater fishes from Lakes Nyasa, Tanganyika and Viktoria in Central Africa. Zoologische Jahrbucher 68: 1 - 34.

Boulenger G. A. 1899. A revision of the African and Syrian fishes of the family Cichlidae - Part II. 1. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 67: 98 - 144. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1469 - 7998.1899. tb 06852. x

Boulenger G. A. 1915. Catalogue of the Fresh-Water Fishes of Africa in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 3. Trustees of the British Museum of Natural History, London.

De Vos L. D. G., Seegers L., Taverne L. & Thys van den Audenaerde D. F. E. 2001. L'ichthyofaune du bassin de la Malagarasi (systeme du Lac Tanganyika): une synthese de la connaissance actuelle. Annales

Greenwood P. H. 1979. Towards a phyletic classification of the ' genus' Haplochromis (Pisces, Cichlidae) and related taxa. Part I. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Zoology) 35: 265 - 322. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 20455

Gunther A. 1894. Descriptions of the reptiles and fishes collected by Mr. E. Coode-Hore on Lake Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893: 628 - 632.

Konings A. 2015. Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat. 3 rd edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso, TX.

Konings A. 2019. Tanganyika Cichlids in their Natural Habitat. 4 th edition. Cichlid Press, El Paso, TX.

Kullander S. & Roberts T. 2011. Out of Lake Tanganyika: endemic lake fishes inhabit rapids of the Lukuga River. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters 22: 355 - 376.

Poll M. 1986. Classification des Cichlidae du lac Tanganika. Tribus, genres et especes. Memoires de l'Academie royale de Belgique, Classe des Sciences 45: 1 - 163.

Poll M. & Gosse J. - P. 1995. Genera des poissons d'eau douce de l'Afrique. Memoire de la Classe des Sciences. Academie royale de Belgique 9: 1 - 324.

Trewavas E. 1946. The types of African cichlid fishes described by Borodin in 1931 and 1936, and of two species described by Boulenger in 1901. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 116: 240 - 246. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1946. tb 00121. x

Van Oijen M. J. P., Snoeks J., Skelton P. H., Marchal C. & Teugels G. G. 1991. Haplochromis. In: Daget J., Gosse J. P., Teugels G. G. & Thys Van Den Audenaerde D. F. E. (eds) Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa = Catalogue des poissons d'eau douce d'Afrique. CLOFFA 4: 100 - 184. Musee royal de

Wamuini Lunkayilakio S. & Vreven E. J. 2010. ' Haplochromis ' snoeksi, a new species from the Inkisi River basin, Lower Congo (Perciformes: Cichlidae). Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwaters 21: 279 - 287.

Figures

Fig. 5. Shuja horei gen. et comb. nov.a. Illustration from the original type specimen (Günther 1894).b. A freshly caught specimen collected in 2016 from the Malagarasi River, Ilagala (BMNH 2021.7.15.14). c. Radiographs of the type series (syntypes) from the Natural History Museum (BMNH 1889.1.30.13– 15). Note the prognathous jaw that distinguishes Shuja Genner, Ngatunga & Turner gen. nov. from other genera within the Tropheini Poll, 1986. Radiographs from the Natural History Museum, London (Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0)). Scale bars: 10 mm.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Perciformes
Family	Cichlidae
SubFamily	Pseudocrenilabrinae
Tribe	Tropheini
Genus	Shuja

Shuja horei Günther, 1894

Genner, Martin J., Hsu, Ling-Lan, Collins, Rupert A., Smith, Alan M., Saxon, Andrew D., Shechonge, Asilatu H., Ngatunga, Benjamin P. & Turner, George F. 2022

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