A historical review of the taxonomy and biogeography of freshwater fishes in south africa—the past 50 years

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 91-114

  Skelton, Paul H ^a  

^a JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology   (South Africa)

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