Béla Nagy, Brian R. Watters, Pieter D. W. van der Merwe, Fenton P. D. Cotterill and Dirk U. Bellstedt
Review of the Nothobranchius ugandensis species group from the inland plateau of eastern Africa with descriptions of six new species (Teleostei: Nothobranchiidae)
Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters
Received 20 October 2019
Revised 23 January 2020
Accepted 3 April 2020
Published 23 April 2020
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:11BF7388-DD93-4254-9C48-AF4EBC2A0F41
German National Library URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020042312151153513582
DOI: 10.23788/IEF-1129
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