Systematics of the Nothobranchius melanospilus species group (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) with description of two new species from Tanzania and Mozambique

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-254

  Wildekamp, Rudolf H ^a   Shidlovskiy, Konstantin M ^b   Walters, Brian R ^b  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; NOTHOBRANCHIUS; NOTHOBRANCHIUS MELANOSPILUS; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM;

EID: 73249152989     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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