A revision of the blue-black Pseudotropheus zebra (Teleostei: Cichlidae) complex from Lake Malaŵi, Africa, with a description of a new genus and ten new species

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Volumn 148, Issue , 1997, Pages 189-230

  Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^a   Bowers, Nancy J ^b   Kellogg, Karen A ^a   Mckaye, Kenneth R ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

M. benetos; M. chrysomallos; M. cyneusmarginatus; M. emmiltos; M. mbenjii; M. melabranchion; M. phaeos; M. pyrsonotos; M. sandaracinos; M. thapsinogen; Metriaclima

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044440214     PISSN: 00973157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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