Two new sympatric Sarotherodon species (Pisces: Cichlidae) endemic to Lake Ejagham, Cameroon, west-central Africa, with comments on the Sarotherodon galilaeus species complex

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2765, 2011, Pages 1-20

  Neumann, Dirk ^a   Stiassny, Melanie L J ^b   Schliewen, Ulrich K ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Lake Ejagham; Sarotherodon galilaeus species complex; Sympatric speciation; Two new species

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; PISCES; SAROTHERODON; SAROTHERODON GALILAEUS;

EID: 79951600878     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2765.1.1     Document Type: Article

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