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A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species
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Kramer, Bernd, Bills, Roger, Skelton, Paul, Wink, Michael (2012): A critical revision of the churchill snoutfish, genus Petrocephalus Marcusen, 1854 (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Mormyridae), from southern and eastern Africa, with the recognition of Petrocephalus tanensis, and the description of five new species. Journal of Natural History 46 (35-36): 2179-2258, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.708452, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.708452
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