A morphometric revision of the genus Ophthalmotilapia (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika (East Africa)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-512

  Hanssens, M ^a   Snoeks, J ^a   Verheyen, E ^b  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distribution patterns; Morphometry; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BOOPS; CICHLIDAE; HETEROCONCHIA; OPHTHALMOTILAPIA; OPHTHALMOTILAPIA HETERODONTA; OPHTHALMOTILAPIA VENTRALIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0033242078     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00602.x     Document Type: Article

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