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A revision of the West African Hepsetus (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) with a description of Hepsetus akawo sp. nov. and a redescription of Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794)

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Decru, E., Vreven, E., Snoeks, J. (2011): A revision of the West African Hepsetus (Characiformes: Hepsetidae) with a description of Hepsetus akawo sp. nov. and a redescription of Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794). Journal of Natural History 46 (1-2): 1-23, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.622055, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.622055

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