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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 82667 | Vreven, E.J. and J. Snoeks, 2009. A new mastacembelid species from Lake Tanganyika: a case complex evolutionary history. J. Fish Biol. 75(5):1018-1047. | 2009 | Mastacembelus polli | 1019 |
| 128868 | Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins, 2023. Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. | 2023 | Mastacembelus polli | 1046-1047 |
| 130435 | IUCN, 2025. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | 2025 | Mastacembelus polli | ver.2025-2 |