A checklist of recent and fossil fishes of the Order Characiformes is presented herein and
believed to be complete through 2022. A total of 47 collaborators checked and provided …

Abstract The Congolese and Lower Guinean ichthyological provinces are understudied
hotspots of the global fish diversity. Here, we barcoded 741 specimens from the Lower and …

Stream fishes of the Eastern Afromontane region are among the least studied vertebrates in
this region, despite the potential for harbouring cryptic diversity. The present study examined …

To investigate the presence of cryptic diversity in the African longfin‐tetra Bryconalestes
longipinnis, we employed DNA barcoding in a phylogeographic context, as well as …

Hepsetidae is a small fish family with only the genus Hepsetus, with six described species
distributed throughout the South, Central and Western regions of Africa, showing a close …

Despite the cultural and economic importance of fisheries to communities in the region, the
Mfimi is one of the least well-documented river systems in the central Congo basin. Here we …

Background. Although the Congo basin is the second largest river basin in the world and it
has been considered a biodiversity hotspot for fish, still many parts of this basin remain …

The group of large five-spotted Hemichromis species from West Africa and Lower Guinea
was revised using an integrative approach combining morphometry (measurements …

Distichodus notospilus was described from the Ogooué River and is considered to occur
throughout the Lower Guinea ichthyofaunal province and the western tributaries of the …

Synodontis denticulatus sp. nov. is an endemic from the middle Lufira Basin and its
associated tributaries and lakes. The species shows close morphological resemblance to …