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A new species of Slender Stonebasher within the Hippopotamyrus ansorgii complex from the Cunene River in southern Africa (Teleostei: Mormyriformes)

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Kramer, Bernd, Swartz, Ernst R. (2010): A new species of Slender Stonebasher within the Hippopotamyrus ansorgii complex from the Cunene River in southern Africa (Teleostei: Mormyriformes). Journal of Natural History 44 (35-36): 2213-2242, DOI: 10.1080/00222931003764089, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222931003764089

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