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A Freshwater Eel on Zanzibar Island

Nature volume 171, page 129 (1953)Cite this article

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Playfair and Gunther's “Fishes of Zanzibar”, 1866, bears a somewhat misleading title, for some of the species included come from places other than Zanzibar, some quite distant.

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    J. L. B. SMITH

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SMITH, J. A Freshwater Eel on Zanzibar Island. Nature 171, 129 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171129a0

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