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telmatochromis, lake tanganyika, cichlids, synonymy, taxonomy, lineage, fishes, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Fisheries, Marine & Freshwater Biology, Telmatochromis, Lake Tanganyika, LINEAGE, FISHES, 0602 Ecology, 0608 Zoology, 0704 Fisheries Sciences, 3005 Fisheries sciences, 3103 Ecology, 3109 Zoology

Abstract:

The taxonomic status of the nominal species Telmatochromis temporalis, T. lestradei. T. burgeoni and Julidochromis macrolepis has been reviewed. The synonymy of T. lestradei with T. temporalis is confirmed. A comparison of Telmatochromis burgeoni with Telmatochromis temporalis revealed no significant differences either. Hence T. burgeoni is considered synonymous with T. temporalis. Examination of the type of Julidochromis macrolepis showed it to be conspecific with Telmatochromis dhonti and not with T. temporalis, as had been suggested. (C) 2001 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles.