Microdontochromis rotundiventralis, a new cichlid fish (Perciformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-117

  Takahashi, Tetsumi ^a   Yanagisawa, Yasunobu ^b   Nakaya, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central east Africa; Cichlidae; Lake Tanganyika; Microdontochromis rotundiventralis sp. Nov

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; MICRODONTOCHROMIS ROTUNDIVENTRALIS; MICRODONTOCHROMIS TENUIDENTATUS; PERCIFORMES;

EID: 0031587011     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02678689     Document Type: Article

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