First record of Gymnotus henni (Albert, Crampton and Maldonado, 2003) in Panama: phylogenetic position and electric signal characterization

Fernando Alda; Sophie Picq; Eldredge Bermingham; Luis León; Henriette Walz; Rigoberto González; Rüdiger Krahe

doi:10.15560/9.3.655

Check List 9(3): 655-659, doi: 10.15560/9.3.655

First record of Gymnotus henni (Albert, Crampton and Maldonado, 2003) in Panama: phylogenetic position and electric signal characterization

Fernando Alda^‡, Sophie Picq^‡, Luis Fernando De León^‡, Rigoberto González^‡, Henriette Walz^§, Eldredge Bermingham^‡, Rüdiger Krahe^|

‡ Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama§ Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience München, Germany| McGill University, Canada

Corresponding author: Fernando Alda ( alda.fernando@gmail.com )

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Citation: Alda F, Picq S, Bermingham E, León L, Walz H, González R, Krahe R (2013) First record of Gymnotus henni (Albert, Crampton and Maldonado, 2003) in Panama: phylogenetic position and electric signal characterization. Check List 9(3): 655-659. https://doi.org/10.15560/9.3.655

Abstract

We present the first record of the weakly electric fish Gymnotus henni in Panama, which also represents the first record of Gymnotus in the Pacific slope of the country. One specimen was collected in a tributary of the Chucunaque River in the Tuira basin. The species showed a monophasic electric organ discharge. Molecular analyses indicated that G. henni from Panama and Colombia are closely related and represent an independent and basal lineage to the Central American G. cylindricus and South American G. carapo groups. Evolutionary and biogeographic implications are discussed.

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