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Coastal fish diversity of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen

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Zajonz, Uwe, Lavergne, Edouard, Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Saeed, Fouad Naseeb, Aideed, Moteah Sheikh, Krupp, Friedhelm (2019): Coastal fish diversity of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen. Zootaxa 4636 (1): 1-108, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4636.1.1

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