Diagnosis of a new African mastacembelid spiny-eel genus Aethiomastacembelus gen. nov. (Mastacembeloidei: Synbranchiformes)

Travers R.A.

Published date: June 1988
Volume: 12
Number: 3
Pagination: 255-257
Publisher: Société Française d'Ichtyologie
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/1988-123-008
Abstract

Aethiomastacembelus, a new mastacembelid fish genus, has been described from Africa in replacement of Afromastacembelus Travers, 1984, which, due to nomenclatorial priorities, must become a junior synonym of Caecomastacembelus Poll, 1958.

Keywords: Aethiomastacembelus - Africa - Mastacembelidae - New genus
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