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Fundulopanchax kamdemi a new species from Korup National Park, western Cameroon


Fundulopanchax kamdemi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) a new species from Korup National Park, western Cameroon

Zootaxa 1532: 41-49 (26 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 21 references;Accepted: 18 Jun. 2007 Fundulopanchax kamdemi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) a new species from Korup National Park, western Cameroon CHRISTIAN AKUM (Cameroon), RAINER SONNENBERG (Germany), JOUKE R. VAN DER ZEE (Belgium) and RUDOLF H. WILDEKAMP (Belgium)

Abstract
Fundulopanchax kamdemi, new species, is described from small swampy pools and rivulets of the Ndian and Akpa-Yafe River systems, Cameroon. F. kamdemi is distinguished from all other known Fundulopanchax species by a unique male coloration and from most congeners by a higher number of rays in dorsal and anal fins.

Key words: Nothobranchiidae, Fundulopanchax kamdemi sp. nov., Western Central Africa, systematics

Introduction
The Nothobranchiidae are The most speciose ...

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