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Morphometric synthesis of Pollimyrus (Teleostei, Mormyridae) with the description of four new species
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- 1. Department of Archaeology and Cultural History, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway & Section of Vertebrates, Ichthyology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium
- 2. Institut Supérieur Pédagogique (ISP) de Mbanza-Ngungu, Mbanza-Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 3. South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
- 4. Section of Vertebrates, Ichthyology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium & South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, South Africa
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Dierickx, Katrien, Lunkayilakio, Soleil Wamuini, Bills, Roger, Vreven, Emmanuel (2025): Morphometric synthesis of Pollimyrus (Teleostei, Mormyridae) with the description of four new species. Journal of Fish Biology 106 (3): 846-892, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15983, URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15983
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