Scriptaphyosemion, RADDA & PURZL, 1987

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SCRIPTAPHYOSEMION RADDA & PÜRZL, 1987

Scriptaphyosemion Radda & Pürzl, 1987: 8 (proposed as a subgenus of Aphyosemion Myers, 1924 ; type species Aphyosemion guineense geryi Lambert, 1958 ; type by original designation).

Diagnosis

Species of Scriptaphyosemion are distinguished from all other callopanchacines by two synapomorphies: vomerine teeth absent (42.1), versus present; and neural and haemal spines of the pre-ural vertebra 2 distinctively curved (56.1; Fig. 5F ), versus approximately straight ( Fig. 5G ).

Included taxa

Thirteen species, according to Sonnenberg & Busch (2012): Scriptaphyosemion banforense (Seegers, 1982) ; Scriptaphyosemion bertholdi (Roloff, 1965) ; Scriptaphyosemion brueningi (Roloff, 1971) ; Scriptaphyosemion cauveti ( Romand & Ozouf-Costaz, 1995) ; Scriptaphyosemion chaytori (Roloff, 1971) ; Scriptaphyosemion fredrodi (Vandermissen, Etzel & Berkenkamp, 1980) ; Scriptaphyosemion geryi ( Lambert, 1958) ; Scriptaphyosemion guignardi ( Romand, 1981) ; Scriptaphyosemion liberiense ( Boulenger, 1908) ; Scriptaphyosemion nigrifluvi ( Romand, 1982) ; Scriptaphyosemion roloffi (Roloff, 1936) ; Scriptaphyosemion schmitti (Romand, 1979) ; and Scriptaphyosemion wieseae Sonnenberg & Busch, 2012 .

Figures

Figure 5. Vertebrae and caudal skeleton (all in left lateral view except A, in laterodorsal view): first vertebrae of Nimbapanchax leucopterygius (A) and Callopanchax monroviae (B); epipleural rib of second precaudal vertebra of N. leucopterygius (C); fourth caudal vertebra of C. monroviae (D) and N. leucopterygius (E); caudal skeleton of Scriptaphyosemion guignardi (F) and Callopanchax occidentalis (G). Larger stippling indicates cartilage. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.