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Title: Cranial morphology and osteology of the sexually dimorphic electric fish, compsaraia samueli albert & crampton (apteronotidae, gymnotiformes), with comparisons to C. Compsa (Mago-Leccia)
Authors: Keeffe, Rachel
Hilton, Eric J.
Thomé de Souza, Mário J.F.
Fernandes, Cristina Cox
Keywords: Animals
Electric Fish
Female
Gymnotiformes
Male
Osteology
Sexual Characteristics
Skull
Animal
Electric Fish
Female
Gymnotiformes
Male
Osteology
Sex Characteristics
Skull
Issue Date: 2019
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Zootaxa
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 4555, Número 1, Pags. 101-112
Abstract: Sexual dimorphism of the snout has evolved independently in at least four separate clades of the gymnotiform family Apteronotidae. This phenomenon may help identify sex, except in the absence of mature individuals, and has led to confused taxonomy for several species. We examined a large collection of Compsaraia samueli collected during the breeding season from a remote stream in the Rio Negro drainage. This collection contains a wide range of sizes of both sexes, but most individuals were easily identified as mature. To quantify the sexual dimorphism of these specimens, 15 measurements were taken from the head and the body. In addition, some specimens were cleared-and-stained to study cranial osteology. We found that long-snouted males of C. samueli span a wide range of body sizes. As the snout length increases the distance between the eye and the occiput does not increase at the same rate, suggesting that it is only the anterior portion of the head that has an increased allometry. Skeletal anatomy differs between the sexes in that the lower jaw is more triangular in females and more linear in males. The coronomeckelian is small and round in females in contrast to being longer and pointed in males. There is strong interlacing of the dentary and anguloarticular bones in males, whereas this contact is not as extensive in females. We also discuss the implications of sexual dimorphism for identification of this species relative to its congener (C. compsa), and for the evolution of sexual dimorphism in the family. Copyright © 2019 Magnolia Press.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.1.8
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