A new species of slender stonebasher within the Hippopotamyrus ansorgii complex from the Cunene River in southern Africa (Teleostei: Mormyriformes)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 2213-2242

  Kramer, Bernd ^a   Swartz, Ernst R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Allopatric speciation; Electric organ discharge; Molecular genetics; Mormyridae; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; RELATEDNESS; SPECIES COMPLEX; TELEOST; TYPE LOCALITY; TYPE SPECIMEN; VICARIANCE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

KUNENE RIVER;

HIPPOPOTAMYRUS; HIPPOPOTAMYRUS ANSORGII; HIPPOPOTAMYRUS SZABOI; MORMYRIDAE; MORMYRIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77955341036     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222931003764089     Document Type: Article

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