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Electric organ discharges of South African Marcusenius species (Teleostei: Mormyridae) and their effectiveness as indicators of local species diversity

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Kramer, L. Bernd, Maake, Pholoshi A., Gon, Ofer (2016): Electric organ discharges of South African Marcusenius species (Teleostei: Mormyridae) and their effectiveness as indicators of local species diversity. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 367-380, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.2

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