Endemism in Chiloglanis

[racoll]

Schmidt et al. (2016). High levels of endemism in suckermouth catfishes (Mochokidae:

Chiloglanis

) from the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.018.

[Bas Pels]

Unfortunately, the link did not wordk. Perhaps a temporarily issue.

I was thinking - many fishes from the upper part of rivers have troubles reaching similar places elsewhere. Therefore, in South America these species have very limited distribution areas. Would the same go for Africa?

I´ll try reading it tomorrow

[bekateen]

Unfortunately, the link did not wordk. Perhaps a temporarily issue.

I was able to track this so far: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27090447:

Schmidt RC, Bart HL Jr, & Pezold F. 2016. High levels of endemism in suckermouth catfishes (Mochokidae: Chiloglanis) from the Upper Guinean forests of West Africa. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 2016 Apr 15. pii: S1055-7903(16)30052-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.018. [Epub ahead of print]

ABSTRACT
Freshwater systems are under threat globally, yet the biodiversity in many areas is still unknown. This is especially true for the aquatic biodiversity of the Upper Guinean forests of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. Access to this area is largely restricted, though recent surveys by the authors are allowing us to reassess the area's diversity. This area has vast mineral reserves and hydroelectric potential. As the area emerges from civil strife and the recent public health crisis, policy makers and resource managers require accurate accounts of biodiversity to evaluate future development projects. Here we look at the diversity of the suckermouth catfishes (

Chiloglanis

) populations from the area; inferred from mitochondrial (cyt b) and nuclear (Growth Hormone intron) markers. The phylogenies revealed additional lineages, independent of the currently recognized taxa, suggesting the presence of ten new candidate species. These new taxa are largely endemic and allopatrically distributed in rivers of the Upper Guinean forests. Our results suggest that the aquatic diversity within the Upper Guinean forests is currently underestimated. This study provides the foundation for elucidating the historical biogeography of the region and highlights the endemism within rivers in the Upper Guinean forests and surrounding areas.

• KEYWORDS: Biodiversity; Cryptic species; Fouta Djallon; West Africa

But from there you click on the link (http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve ... 16)30052-5) and you obtain a page error. So as you said, maybe it's a temporary issue.

Cheers, Eric

[racoll]

Stupid Elsevier. They really are an embarrassment. DOIs should always resolve when a paper is online.

Here's another link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar ... 0316300525.

[RayCSchmidt]

Hello everyone,

To those that are interested, you can download the manuscript from this link for the next month or so: http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1SvDI3m3nMmgZj

You can also get this paper and others at my researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ray_Schmidt

Best,

Ray

[lfinley58]

Hi Ray and all.

Ray, thanks for posting the links to your (et al.) current (and past) paper(s). It is a very interesting piece.

I, and others no doubt, will be looking forward to your (et al.) forthcoming Copeia paper providing descriptions of the discussed UCS Chiloglanis species.

Lee F.