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Revised taxonomy of Synodontis catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Lake Tanganyika basin reveals lower species diversity than expected
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- 1. Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 60365 Brno, Czech Republic & Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
- 2. Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 60365 Brno, Czech Republic & Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- 3. Institute of Biology, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 2, A-8010 Graz, Austria
- 4. Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 60365 Brno, Czech Republic
- 5. Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- 6. Tanzanian Fisheries Research Institute, Kigoma Office, PO Box 90, Kigoma, Tanzania
- 7. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zambia, PO Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia
- 8. Zoological Institute, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- 9. Lake Tanganyika Research Unit, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, PO Box 420055, Mpulungu, Zambia
- 10. Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, A-1010 Vienna, Austria & Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
- 11. Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Květná 8, 60365 Brno, Czech Republic & Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic & Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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Englmaier, Gernot K., Blažek, Radim, Zimmermann, Holger, Bartáková, Veronika, Polačik, Matej, Žák, Jakub, Mulokozi, Deogratias P., Katongo, Cyprian, Büscher, Heinz H., Mabo, Lwabanya, Koblmüller, Stephan, Palandačić, Anja, Reichard, Martin (2024): Revised taxonomy of Synodontis catfishes (Siluriformes: Mochokidae) from the Lake Tanganyika basin reveals lower species diversity than expected. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (3): 1-38, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae130, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae130
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