Description of two new species of <i>Chiloglanis</i> (Teleostei, Mochokidae) from the Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands freshwater ecoregion: an overlooked hotspot of rheophilic fishes.

ABSTRACT: Growing evidence indicates that species diversity within the genus Chiloglanis Peters 1868 is poorly resolved and major taxonomic revisions are required. By integrating genetic and morphological analyses, this study describes two new Chiloglanis species from the Eastern Zimbabwe Highlands (EZH) freshwater ecoregion, a region that, until only recently, had been poorly-explored in terms of its ichthyological diversity. Chiloglanisasperocutis Mutizwa, Bragança & Chakona, sp. nov. is distinguished from other southern African congeners by a combination of characters, including ridge-like tubercles distributed on the dorsal and lateral surfaces of the head and body giving the skin a conspicuously rough texture, ten closely packed mandibular teeth, deeply forked caudal

SUBMITTER: Mutizwa TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12238958 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature