A new lacustrine ricefish from central Sulawesi, with a redescription of Oryzias marmoratus (Teleostei: Adrianichthyidae)

• Published in: Ichthyological research Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 490 - 514
• Main Authors: Kobayashi, Hirozumi, Mokodongan, Daniel F., Horoiwa, Mizuki, Fujimoto, Shingo, Tanaka, Rieko, Masengi, Kawilarang W. A., Yamahira, Kazunori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.11.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Congeners; Ecology; Fins; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Genomes; head; Indonesia; Lakes; Life Sciences; males; mouth; New species; Nucleotides; Oryzias; Oryzias marmoratus; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Physical characteristics; redescriptions; Sympatric populations; sympatry; Vertebrae; Zoology; Sulawesi; Indonesia; Freshwater fish; Ancient lake; Ricefish; Taxonomy; Indonesia

Oryzias loxolepis , new species, is described from Lake Towuti in the Malili Lake system, central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Historically this new species has been confused with Oryzias marmoratus (Aurich 1935), which we redescribe. While both species share dark brown blotches on a grayish-brown trunk, O....