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On a new species of electric catfish from Kainji, Nigeria, with some observations on its biology
Author(s) -
Sagua V. O.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1987.tb05734.x
Subject(s) - biology , catfish , key (lock) , electric fish , ecology , zoology , fishery , fish <actinopterygii>
A new species of electric catfish, Malapterurus minjiriya , from Kainji, Nigeria, is described and a key for separating it from the two other known species is given. Notes on some aspects of the biology of the electric catfishes in Lake Kainji, Nigeria are included.