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    Phylogenetics of Teleogramma, a riverine clade of African cichlid fishes, with a description of the deepwater molluskivore-Teleogramma obamaorum- from the lower reaches of the middle Congo River

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    Stiassny, Melanie L.J., Alter, S. Elizabeth (2015): Phylogenetics of Teleogramma, a riverine clade of African cichlid fishes, with a description of the deepwater molluskivore-Teleogramma obamaorum- from the lower reaches of the middle Congo River. American Museum Novitates 2015 (3831): 1-20, DOI: 10.1206/3831.1, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1206/3831.

    FIGURE 5. Labeo mbimbii, n in Description of two new Labeo (Labeoninae; Cyprinidae) endemic to the Lulua River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kasai ecoregion); a hotspot of fish diversity in the Congo basin

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    FIGURE 5. Labeo mbimbii, n. sp. Holotype (AMNH 277862, AMCC 249232) in A. lateral view, immediately postmortem; B. in preservation, lateral view; C. ventral view; and D. dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 cm.Published as part of Liyandja, Tobit L.D. & Stiassny, Melanie L.J., 2023, Description of two new Labeo (Labeoninae; Cyprinidae) endemic to the Lulua River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kasai ecoregion); a hotspot of fish diversity in the Congo basin, pp. 1-24 in American Museum Novitates 2023 (3999) on page 12, DOI: 10.1206/3999.1, http://zenodo.org/record/800612

    Description of two new Labeo (Labeoninae; Cyprinidae) endemic to the Lulua River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kasai ecoregion); a hotspot of fish diversity in the Congo basin

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    Liyandja, Tobit L.D., Stiassny, Melanie L.J. (2023): Description of two new Labeo (Labeoninae; Cyprinidae) endemic to the Lulua River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kasai ecoregion); a hotspot of fish diversity in the Congo basin. American Museum Novitates 2023 (3999): 1-24, DOI: 10.1206/3999.1, URL: https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2023/issue-3999/3999.1/Description-of-Two-New-Labeo-Labeoninae-Cyprinidae-Endemic-to-the/10.1206/3999.1.ful

    Data from: Phylogenomic systematics of Ostariophysan fishes: ultraconserved elements support the surprising non-monophyly of Characiformes

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    Ostariophysi is a superorder of bony fishes including more than 10,300 species in 1,100 genera and 70 families. This superorder is traditionally divided into five major groups (orders): Gonorynchiformes (milkfishes and sandfishes), Cypriniformes (carps and minnows), Characiformes (tetras and their allies), Siluriformes (catfishes), and Gymnotiformes (electric knifefishes). Unambiguous resolution of the relationships among these lineages remains elusive, with previous molecular and morphological analyses failing to produce a consensus phylogeny. In this study, we use over 350 ultraconserved element (UCEs) loci comprising five million base pairs collected across thirty-five representative ostariophysan species to compile one of the most data-rich phylogenies of fishes to date. We use these data to infer higher-level (interordinal) relationships among ostariophysan fishes, focusing on the monophyly of the Characiformes— one the most contentiously debated groups in fish systematics. As with most previous molecular studies, we recover a non-monophyletic Characiformes with the two monophyletic suborders, Citharinoidei and Characoidei, more closely related to other ostariophysan clades than to each other. We also explore incongruence between results from different UCE datasets, issues of orthology, and the use of morphological characters in combination with our molecular data
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