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Description of a geographically variable elongate rock-dwelling cichlid (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa

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  • 1. Penn State University, 432 Forest Resources Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA. Honorary Research Associate, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, RSA
  • 2. Cichlid Press, PO Box 13608, El Paso, TX 79913

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Stauffer, Jay R., Konings, Adrianus F. (2023): Description of a geographically variable elongate rock-dwelling cichlid (Cichliformes: Cichlidae) from Lake Malaŵi, Africa. Zootaxa 5296 (2): 265-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5296.2.7

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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/53412
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urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FFCDFF88780D4400EE455271F407FFBD
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Publication: 10.1163/002829677X00199 (DOI)
Publication: 10.2307/1447232 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1093/sysbio/30.3.291 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.2.9 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1080/02541858.1983.11447831 (DOI)
Publication: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.1.6 (DOI)
Publication: 10.1080/00222933508655026 (DOI)
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Taxonomic treatment: 10.5281/zenodo.7982024 (DOI)
Taxonomic treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F487F0780F4408EED2516FF5E4FDA4 (URL)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7978225 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7978227 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7978229 (DOI)
Dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.15134694 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7978231 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7978233 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7978235 (DOI)
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Dataset: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/58ff726c-d209-45b3-b1b7-7a184429a2fb (URL)

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