Check List 19(4): 541-548, doi: 10.15560/19.4.541
Rediscovery and range extension for Platyclarias machadoi Poll, 1977 (Siluriformes, Clariidae) in the Kwanza River, Angola
expand article infoMaxwell J. Bernt‡, Domingos da Silva Neto§, Ernst R. Swartz|, Melanie L. J. Stiassny
‡ Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, United States of America§ Instituto Nacional de Investigação Pesqueira e Marinha, Luanda, Angola, and Faculdade de Ciências Naturais da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Luanda, Angola| South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa¶ American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States of America

Corresponding author: Maxwell J. Bernt ( mjbernt@gmail.com )

Academic editor: Eva Decru
© Maxwell J. Bernt, Domingos da Silva Neto, Ernst R. Swartz, Melanie L. J. Stiassny.
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Citation: Bernt MJ, Neto DS, Swartz ER, Stiassny MLJ (2023) Rediscovery and range extension for Platyclarias machadoi Poll, 1977 (Siluriformes, Clariidae) in the Kwanza River, Angola. Check List 19(4): 541-548. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.4.541
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Abstract
We report the first record of Platyclarias machadoi Poll, 1977 since its original description. This species was sampled by electrofishing in rapids on the Kwanza River upstream of Capanda Dam in Angola. Morphomet-ric and meristic data for the Kwanza River material were compared to published data from the Platyclarias type series. Osteology was compared between the Kwanza specimens and two Platyclarias paratypes using computed tomography (CT) scans. Prior to this discovery, the genus was known only from the Kwango River in Angola.
Keywords
Africa, catfishes, diversity, fishes