Species delimitation among populations of the eastern tanzanian seasonal killifish Nothobranchius korthausae (cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae)

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-126

  Costa, Wilson J E M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; NOTHOBRANCHIUS;

EID: 70349247008     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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