Neolamprologus savoryi
Creators: name: Verburg, Piet
name: Bills, Roger
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Cichlidae
Neolamprologus
Neolamprologus savoryi

description: Key to the species of the Neolamprologus savoryi complex
1 Marks on operculum .................................................................................................................................... 2
- Opercular marks absent .............................................................................................................................. 8
2 V-shaped mark with bright spot on operculum,>35 scales in the longitudinal line.................................... 3
- Opercular mark not V-shaped, <35 scales in the longitudinal line..............................................................4
3 Opercular spot red, scales on paired fins, ctenoid scales on anal and dorsal fins ...................... N. splendens
- Opercular spot yellow, no scales on paired fins, cycloid scales on anal and dorsal fins .......... N. helianthus
4 Twelve soft rays in pectoral fin, anal fin filament longer than of dorsal fin, headlength> 34 %SL, 3 scales between lateral lines, bars on body ................................................................................................ N. savoryi
- Thirteen soft rays in pectoral fin, anal fin filament shorter than of dorsal fin, headlength <34 %SL, 2 scales between lateral lines, no bars ............................................................................................................ 5
5 Cephalic pits, cheek depth> 28 % HL, opercular mark vague ..................................................... N. crassus
- Cephalic pits absent, cheek depth <28 % HL, opercular marks distinct .................................................... 6
6 No conspicuous spots on scales, no yellow border under eye, caudal peduncle length>18 %SL................ .................................................................................................................................................... N. brichardi
- Conspicuous spots on scales, yellow border under eye (white in preserved specimens), caudal peduncle length <18 %SL ........................................................................................................................................... 7
7 Scales between pectoral fin and pelvic fin, and between dorsal fin origin and lateral line clearly visible, rows of spots on scales regular ..................................................................................................... N. pulcher
- Same scales deeply embedded and not always clearly visible, rows of spots on scales irregular, with inter- ruptions ..................................................................................................................................... N. olivaceous
8 No scales on occiput, few scales on nape .................................................................................................... 9
- Few scales on occiput, many scales on nape ............................................................................................. 10
9 Distinct black and white marginal bands on dorsal and caudal fin and striped pattern on unpaired fins, pre- orbital depth <17 % HL, eight to fifteen scales on operculum .................................................... N. walteri
- Faint markings and no distinct black and white marginal bands on unpaired fins, preorbital depth> 17 % HL, 12–30 scales on operculum .................................................................................................. N. falcicula
10 Scales around caudal peduncle> 17, gill rakers> 15, 3 scales between lateral lines .................. N. gracilis
- Scales around caudal peduncle <17, gill rakers <10, 2 scales between lateral lines ............................... 11
11 Body depth <29 % SL, headlength> 30 % SL, inter orbital width <25 % HL, caudal peduncle length/ depth ratio>1.25, no scales on unpaired fins and cycloid scales on dorsal and anal fins .. N. chitamwebwai
- Body depth> 29 % SL, headlength <30 % SL, inter orbital width> 25 % HL, caudal peduncle length/ depth ratio <1.10, scales on unpaired fins and ctenoid scales on dorsal and anal fins ...... N. marunguensis
description: Published as part of Verburg, Piet & Bills, Roger, 2007, Two new cichild species Neolamprologus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa, pp. 25-44 in Zootaxa 1612 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178953