Scriptaphyosemion, Radda & Purzl, 1987

Costa, Wilson J. E. M., 2015, Comparative morphology, phylogeny, and classification of West African callopanchacine killifishes (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (1), pp. 134-149 : 138

SCRIPTAPHYOSEMION

Diagnosis

Species of this group are distinguished from other members of its tribe by having an abrupt widening preceded by a narrow constriction of the posterior portion of the parasphenoid (45.1; Fig. 4B ), versus a gradual widening posteriorly ( Fig. 4A ).

Figures

Figure 4. Neurocranium: ventral middle and left portion, ventral view, of Nimbapanchax leucopterygius (A) and Callopanchax monroviae (B); lateroposterior portion, dorsal view, of Nimbapanchax leucopterygius (C) and Callopanchax monroviae (D). Larger stippling indicates cartilage. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.