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A Redescription of Rhabdalestes tangensis (Lönnberg) (Pisces, Characidae) from East Africa
Author(s) -
BAILEY ROLAND G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
zoologica scripta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.204
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1463-6409
pISSN - 0300-3256
DOI - 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1983.tb00558.x
Subject(s) - characidae , meristics , tanzania , biology , zoology , larva , structural basin , ecology , fishery , geography , paleontology , fish <actinopterygii> , environmental planning
Rhabdalestes tangensis (Lönnberg, 1907), a small African characin, is redescribed on the basis of new material from the Pangani River Basin in northern Tanzania. The morphometric and meristic variations described encompass those of R. leleupi Poll, 1967.