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A review of the systematic biology of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes, Osteoglossomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei)
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Hilton, Eric J., Lavoué, Sébastien (2018): A review of the systematic biology of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes, Osteoglossomorpha (Actinopterygii: Teleostei). Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (3): 1-35, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20180031
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