Redescription of Mastacembelus liberiensis Boulenger, 1898 and description of a new West African spiny-eel (Synbranchiformes: Mastacembelidae) from the Konkoure River basin, Guinea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 332-369

  Vreven, E J ^a   Teugels, G G ^a  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Geographic variation; Mastacembelidae; Mastacembelus kakrimensis sp. nov.; Mastacembelus liberiensis; Synbranchiformes; West Africa

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GUINEA; KONKOURE RIVER; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

LATICAUDA; MASTACEMBELIDAE; MASTACEMBELUS; NOTACANTHUS CHEMNITZI; SYNBRANCHIFORMES;

EID: 27744450733     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00729.x     Document Type: Article

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