A new species of Petrocephalus Marcusen 1854 (Osteoglossomorpha: Mormyridae) from the Sanaga River basin, Cameroon

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2934, 2011, Pages 20-28

  Lavouè, Sèbastien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Central Africa; Cytochrome b; Electric fish; Integrative taxonomy; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MORMYRIDAE; OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA; PETROCEPHALUS; PETROCEPHALUS MICROPHTHALMUS; PETROCEPHALUS SULLIVANI;

EID: 79959861883     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2934.1.2     Document Type: Article

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