Nothobranchius niassa (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of annual killifish from northern Mozambique

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-28

  Valdesalici, Stefano ^a   Bills, Roger ^b   Dorn, Alexander ^c   Reichwald, Kathrin ^c   Cellerino, Alessandro ^d  

^a South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity ^*  (Italy)

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

^c FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; CYPRINODONTOIDEI; IRIS SPURIA; NOTHOBRANCHIUS; NOTHOBRANCHIUS GUENTHERI; NOTHOBRANCHIUS KIRKI; NOTHOBRANCHIUS MELANOSPILUS;

EID: 84864397074     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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