Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier 1832)

Ng, Casey Keat Chuan, Lim, Teow Yeong, Ahmad, Amirrudin & Khaironizam, Md Zain, 2019, Provisional checklist of freshwater fish diversity and distribution in Perak, Malaysia, and some latest taxonomic concerns, Zootaxa 4567 (3), pp. 515-545 : 533

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4567.3.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5450333
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scientific name	Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier 1832)
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Macrognathus maculatus (Cuvier 1832) View in CoL

Mastacembelus perakensis: Herre & Myers 1937: 74 View in CoL (Bukit Merah reservoir).

Macrognathus maculatus: Ahmad et al., 2014: 21 View in CoL (Sungkai Wildlife Reserve); Ahmad & Zakaria-Ismail, 2014: 415 (Sg. Ketir; Sg. Tiang); Shafiq et al., 2014: 826 (Sg. Ara); Authors' data (Jalong; Lata Ulu Chepor).

Remarks. Mastacembelus perakensis was first described by Herre & Myers (1937) as they observed their material was different from its closest congener M. maculatus (without vs. with preopercular spine). Subsequently, Sufi (1956) reported that the presence of a preopercular spine may be variable in some Mastacembelids and the spine can be pungent or hidden beneath the skin. Thereon Sufi (1956) treated M. perakensis as a doubtful species but he/ she did not examine the holotype. The holotype was eventually examined and confirmed to possess a preopercular spine by Roberts (1989) and it was synonymized with M. maculatus . We note that Kottelat (2013) lists M. perakensis as a valid species although no reference is provided. We therefore follow Roberts (1989) by treating M. perakensis as a junior synonym of M. maculatus .

References

Ahmad, A. & Zakaria-Ismail, M. (2014) Additional native fish fauna of rivers & streams flowing into Temengor reservoir, Perak, Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal, 664, 407 - 419.

Herre, A. W. C. T. & Myers, G. S. (1937) A contribution to the ichthyology of the Malay Peninsula. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum, 13, 5 - 75.

Kottelat, M. (2013) The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 27, 1 - 663.

Roberts, T. R. (1989) The freshwater fishes of western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, 14, 1 - 210.

Shafiq, Z. M., Shah, A. S. R. M., Zarul, H. H., Syaiful, M. M., Khaironizam, M. Z., Khaled, P. & Hamzah, Y. (2014) An annotated checklist of fish fauna of Bukit Merah Reservoir and its catchment area, Perak, Malaysia. Check List 10 (4), 822 - 828. https: // doi. org / 10.15560 / 10.4.822