@article{LamannaKirschbaumErnstetal.2016,
  author    = {Lamanna, Francesco and Kirschbaum, Frank and Ernst, Anja R. R. and Feulner, Philine G. D. and Mamonekene, Victor and Paul, Christiane and Tiedemann, Ralph},
  title     = {Species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships in a genus of African weakly-electric fishes (Osteoglossiformes, Mormyridae, Campylomormyrus)},
  series = {Molecular phylogenetics and evolution},
  volume    = {101},
  journal   = {Molecular phylogenetics and evolution},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  address   = {San Diego},
  issn      = {1055-7903},
  doi       = {10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04.035},
  pages     = {8 -- 18},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {African weakly-electric fishes (Mormyridae) are able to communicate through species-specific electric signals; this feature might have favoured the evolutionary radiation observed in this family (over 200 species) by acting as an effective pre-zygotic isolation mechanism. In the present study we used mitochondria((cytb) and nuclear (rps7, scn4aa) markers in order to reconstruct a species-phylogeny and identify species boundaries for the genus Campylomormyrus, by applying inference methods based on the multispecies coalescent model. Additionally, we employed 16 microsatellite markers, landmark-based morphometric measurements, and electro-physiological analyses as independent lines of evidence to the results obtained from the sequence data. The results show that groups that are morphologically different are also significantly divergent at the genetic level, whereas morphologically similar groups, displaying dissimilar electric signals, do not show enough genetic diversity to be considered separate species. Furthermore, the data confirm the presence of a yet undescribed species within the genus Campylomormyrus. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{PaulMamonekeneVateretal.2015,
  author    = {Paul, Christiane and Mamonekene, Victor and Vater, Marianne and Feulner, Philine G. D. and Engelmann, Jacob and Tiedemann, Ralph and Kirschbaum, Frank},
  title     = {Comparative histology of the adult electric organ among four species of the genus Campylomormyrus (Teleostei: Mormyridae)},
  series = {Journal of comparative physiology : A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology},
  volume    = {201},
  journal   = {Journal of comparative physiology : A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {New York},
  issn      = {0340-7594},
  doi       = {10.1007/s00359-015-0995-6},
  pages     = {357 -- 374},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {The electric organ (EO) of weakly electric mormyrids consists of flat, disk-shaped electrocytes with distinct anterior and posterior faces. There are multiple species-characteristic patterns in the geometry of the electrocytes and their innervation. To further correlate electric organ discharge (EOD) with EO anatomy, we examined four species of the mormyrid genus Campylomormyrus possessing clearly distinct EODs. In C. compressirostris, C. numenius, and C. tshokwe, all of which display biphasic EODs, the posterior face of the electrocytes forms evaginations merging to a stalk system receiving the innervation. In C. tamandua that emits a triphasic EOD, the small stalks of the electrocyte penetrate the electrocyte anteriorly before merging on the anterior side to receive the innervation. Additional differences in electrocyte anatomy among the former three species with the same EO geometry could be associated with further characteristics of their EODs. Furthermore, in C. numenius, ontogenetic changes in EO anatomy correlate with profound changes in the EOD. In the juvenile the anterior face of the electrocyte is smooth, whereas in the adult it exhibits pronounced surface foldings. This anatomical difference, together with disparities in the degree of stalk furcation, probably contributes to the about 12 times longer EOD in the adult.},
  language  = {en}
}