Hippopotamyrus ansorgii species complex in the Upper Zambezi River System with a description of a new species, H. szaboi (Mormyridae)

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Kramer, Bernd ^a   Van Der Bank, Herman ^b   Wink, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIPPOPOTAMYRUS ANSORGII; HIPPOPOTAMYRUS SZABOI; INVERTEBRATA; MORMYRIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0842291743     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2004.00132.x     Document Type: Article

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