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

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

Fig. 5

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

Tilapia horii Boulenger, 1899: 122 .

Tilapia fasciata tanganaicae Borodin, 1936: 29 .

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

Vreven 2010: 280. Tilapia fasciata tanganaicae – Trewavas 1946: 242. Ctenochromis horii – Greenwood 1979: 289–290. Ctenochromis horei – 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 ) .

Additional material

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

Distribution

Lake Tanganyika and proximate rivers.

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.