Comparison of scale morphology in two African species of the genus Labeo (Teleostei, Cyprinidae);Comparaison de la morphologie des Écailles chez deux espèces Africaines du Genre Labeo (Teleostei, Cyprinidae)

Cybium

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-367

  Tshibwabwa, Sinaseli M ^a,b   Teugels, Guy G ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

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