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(e.g. Ngege)

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Scientific Name

Genus
(e.g. Hydrocynus)
Species
(e.g. goliath)
Genus + Species (e.g. Squatina africana)

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Glossary

(e.g.oophagy)

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Information by Family

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Information by Ecosystem

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References
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(e.g. Boulenger)
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Year
Title
(e.g. Lake Victoria)
Source
RefNo
(e.g. 1876, 2987)

ICES papers

List of publications on fishes in Zootaxa.
You can search references also in the independent Catalog of Fishes.
Associated Journal

Publish in our journal partners Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria (Impact factor 2023: .8 with 2023 Scopus CiteScore: 2.2), Journal of Applied Ichthyology (Impact factor 2023: .7 with 2023 Scopus CiteScore: 2.3) and Journal of Fish Biology (1.07, 2023 impact factor with Scopus CiteScore: 2.2) the results of your primary research on fish growth, weight-length relationships, reproduction (maturity, fecundity, spawning), food and diet composition, introductions and range extensions for faster subsequent entry in FishBase.

Indexed Journal

Cybium (publisher: SFI, Société Française d’Ichtyologie)

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