A new species of fleshy-fruitedBegonia(Begoniaceae) from the Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar

Mark Hughes

doi:10.5252/a2011n1a4

New taxa of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae) from Madagascar VI. Impatiens otto-eleonorae, a new species from Masoala Peninsula, and notes on the taxonomic relationships of Impatiens firmula and I. hildebrandtii

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.217.2.5 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 217 (2) ◽

pp. 155 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eberhard Fischer ◽

Marie-Elisette Rahelivololona

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Taxa ◽

Taxonomic Relationships ◽

Masoala Peninsula ◽

A New Species

The new species Impatiens otto-eleonorae Eb.Fischer & Rahelivolona from Masoala Peninsula is described. It is related to Impatiens hildebrandtii Baill. from Eastern Central Madagascar, but differs in the larger habit and flowers. The types of Impatiens firmula Baker and I. hildebrandtii are reinvestigated. Both taxa, previously considered to be identical, represent different species, and Impatiens hildebrandtii is reinstated here.

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Bedotia masoala: A New Species of Atherinoid Rainbowfish (Teleostei: Bedotiidae) from the Masoala Peninsula, Northeastern Madagascar

Copeia ◽

10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0482:bmanso]2.0.co;2 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 2001 (2) ◽

pp. 482-489 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

John S. Sparks

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Masoala Peninsula ◽

A New Species

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A new species of Paretroplus (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Etroplinae) from northeastern Madagascar, with a phylogeny and revised diagnosis for the P. damii clade

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2768.1.4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2768 (1) ◽

pp. 55 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

JOHN S. SPARKS ◽

ROBERT C. SCHELLY

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Anterior Margin ◽

Pigmentation Pattern ◽

Anatomical Features ◽

The North ◽

Lower Jaw ◽

Posterior Field ◽

Breeding Coloration ◽

Masoala Peninsula ◽

A New Species

Paretroplus loisellei, a new species of etropline cichlid from Madagascar, is described from the middle to lower reaches of the Mahanara River, located to the north of the Masoala Peninsula in northeastern Madagascar. The new species is recovered within the “Paretroplus damii clade” on the basis of several apomorphic anatomical features, including the presence of a triangular, black or dark gray, pectoral-axil patch, chest scales that are greatly reduced in size and highly embedded, and flank scales in which the posterior field is thin and unossified. The new species is distinguished from its sister taxon, P. damii, by a more or less horizontal profile extending from the anterior margin of the lower jaw to the ventroposterior margin of the suspensorium (vs. strongly rounded and convex), horizontally oriented oral jaws with fleshy lips (vs. oblique and thin), tricuspid symphyseal teeth in the upper jaw with distinct and sharp lateral cusps, a much darker overall pigmentation pattern, and distinctive bright golden breeding coloration (vs. brick red).

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Pretty in pink: A new treefrog species of the genus Boophisfrom North-Eastern Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1684.1.3 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1684 (1) ◽

pp. 58 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

K. C. WOLLENBERG ◽

F. ANDREONE ◽

F. GLAW ◽

M. VENCES

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Molecular Data ◽

Species Group ◽

Colour Pattern ◽

Ground Colour ◽

Advertisement Calls ◽

North Eastern ◽

Group A ◽

Masoala Peninsula ◽

A New Species

Treefrogs of the genus Boophis comprise the most species-rich genus among all Malagasy frogs. In this paper we describe a new species to be added to this genus from Masoala Peninsula and nearby areas. Related populations have been found in three localities of North-Eastern Madagascar (Tsararano, Marojejy, and Anjanaharibe-Sud), and molecular data indicate that at least the Marojejy population is strongly differentiated. The new species has an attractive pink or reddish colour pattern on a green ground colour. It bears a strong similarity to Boophis bottae and B. rappiodes in morphological appearance, but is genetically very distinct from these and other members of the Boophis rappiodes group. Boophis ulftunni sp. n. belongs into a separate evolutionary lineage probably related to the Boophis microtympanum group, a lineage of highland species from Central Eastern Madagascar which otherwise have very different phenotypes and advertisement calls. We here include B. ulftunni in a new phenetic species group, the Boophis ulftunni group.

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A new species of Parapercis (Teleostei: Pinguipedidae) from Madagascar

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3204.1.3 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3204 (1) ◽

pp. 31 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

JOHN S. SPARKS ◽

ZACHARY H. BALDWIN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Pigmentation Pattern ◽

Masoala Peninsula ◽

A New Species

A new species of sandperch is described from the shallow nearshore reefs of the Masoala Peninsula, northeastern Mada-gascar. The new species is distinguished from congeners occurring in the region by a unique pigmentation pattern on thecaudal fin comprising two large, oblong black blotches, with the smaller of the two markings located dorsally near the finbase and a much larger and more elongate patch situated ventrally, as well as the presence of numerous smaller blackblotches forming two to three bands distally on the caudal membrane, two longitudinal series of six to nine prominentblack blotches on the mid and lower flank, and the presence of large diffuse dark brown blotches on the snout, lips, cheek and opercle.

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