Redescription of the seasonal killifish species Nothobranchius ocellatus and description of a related new species Nothobranchius matanduensis, from eastern Tanzania (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)
Received 14 April 2020
Revised 27 April 2020
Accepted 28 May 2020
Published 26 June 2020
ZooBank LSID:
urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E606C25-EDD9-4D05-81E3-B368688851CE
German National Library URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062611502984325216
DOI:
10.23788/IEF-1149
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