Allopatric differentiation in the Marcusenius macrolepidotus species complex in southern and eastern Africa: The resurrection of M. pongolensis and M. angolensis, and the description of two new species (Mormyridae, Teleostei)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 41, Issue 9-12, 2007, Pages 647-708

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric organ discharges; Marcusenius; Molecular genetics; Mormyridae; Morphometrics; Southern Africa; Systematics; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC ISOLATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW SPECIES; PREDATOR; SPECIES COMPLEX; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

AFRICA; ANGOLA; CUANZA BASIN; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; KENYA; NAMIBIA; OKAVANGO; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANA RIVER [KENYA]; ZAMBEZI RIVER;

MARCUSENIUS; MARCUSENIUS MACROLEPIDOTUS; MORMYRIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 34248562683     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701250987     Document Type: Article

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