Palaeoplex palimpsest Schedel et al., 2020 Recherche rapide

Attributs

  • DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
  • Colour pattern : Schedel et al., 2020 .
  • Current distribution known : known from the Luongo River, a tributary of Luapula River, and from several locations in the Kalungwishi River drainage, which drains into Lake Mweru (Luapula drainage) .
  • Dentition : Schedel et al., 2020 .
  • Distribution_references : Schedel et al., 2020 .
  • Food habits / trophic level : the molariform teeth of the lower pharyngeal jaw suggest that this species feeds at least partly on molluscs which are crushed by the pharyngeal jaws .
  • Food habits / trophic level_references : Schedel et al., 2020 .
  • Habitat / home range : it seems to prefer stretches of slow flowing water as it was neither observed nor collected in the small rapid-like stretches of the river close to the type locality .
  • Habitat_references : Schedel et al., 2020 .
  • Morphology / anatomy : Schedel et al., 2020 .
  • Scales : Schedel et al., 2020 .
  • Size : 143.4 mm SL (176.6 mm TL) .
  • Types :
    • Palaeoplex palimpsest Schedel, Kupriyanov, Katongo & Schliewen, 2020: 201-209, fig. 3, 4A, 4B, 5C, 9A, suppl. fig. 2, 6A. Type locality: Luongo River, at bridge on road Kawambwa-Mansa about 40 km (driving distance) S of Kawambwa, Luapula Province, Zambia (-10.144359-29.167193).Holotype ZSM 47492 (ex ZSM 44438); paratypes ZSM 43077, ZSM 44438, ZSM 43079, ZSM 43078, CU 91755, CU 99504, SAIAB 208051 (ex ZSM 43077), MRAC 2019.009.P.0001-0003 (ex ZSM 43079), ZSM 47493 (ex ZSM 41496).
  • Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Schedel et al., 2020 .