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Check-List of the Freshwater Fishes of Africa Cloffa Catalogue Des Poissons D'eau Douce D'afrique QLOffA 3 Cloffa III Check-list of the freshwater fishes of Africa Cloffa Catalogue des poissons d'eau douce d'Afrique VolumeVolunle III EditorsfCoordinateurs :: J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse & D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde ISNB Bruxelles MRAC Tervuren üRSTüM Paris 1986 Published in November 1986 by Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 29, rue Vautier, B-I040 Bruxelles, Belgium by Musée Royal de l'Mrique Centrale, B-1980 Tervuren, Belgium and Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, 213, Rue Lafayette, 75010 Paris Printed by N.V. George Michiels, Tongeren. Publié en novembre 1986 par l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 29, rue Vautier, B-I040 Bruxelles, Belgique par le Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, B-1980 Tervuren, Belgique et par l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, 213, Rue Lafayette, 75010 Paris. Imprimé par S.A. George Michiels, Tongres. ISBN 2-87177-003-4 D{1986{0339{15 ISNB - MRAC - ORSTOM 1986 Note des coordinateurs Le troisième volume du CLOFFA, contenant environ 6900 références, n'est que le résultat de la compilation des listes fournies par les auteurs qui ont traité les différentes familles contenues dans les volumes 1 et II. C'est donc le complément indispensable pour l'utilisation de ces deux volumes. Ce travail a été mené à bien grâce à la compétence de Mme Chantal Maréchal, licenciée en zoologie, partiellement aidée de Mme Martine Van Opphem et M. L. Walschaerts travaillant pour le Cloffa à l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Les coordinateurs se sont efforcés de vérifier les références, chaque fois qu'il leur a été possible de le faire, et d'uniformiser leur présentation. Ils ne sont pas responsables de leur choix ni par conséquent des omissions que les utilisateurs pourraient constater et déplorer. En particulier en ce qui concerne les références tirées de revues d'aquariologie, il est évident qu'une sélection s'imposait. N'ont été retenues par les auteurs que celles présentant un réel intérêt et portant sur des espèces d'identifi­ cation certaine. Lors de mises à jour ultérieures, il sera d'ailleurs possible de réparer les oublis ou les omissions volontaires les plus notoires qui auraient été constatées à l'usage et signalées aux coordinateurs. Ceux-ci vous remercient d'avance pour les remarques, critiques et toutes contri­ butions à l'amélioration de l'outil de travail qu'ils sont heureux de présenter ici. J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, D. F. E. Thys van den Audenaerde. Editor's note The third volume of the CLOFFA, including approximately 6900 references, is simply the compilation of lists provided by the authors who treated the different families contained in volume 1 and II. It is therefore the essential companion to these two volumes. This work is largely indebted to the skill of Mrs Chantal Maréchal, graduate in Zoology, with the help of Mrs Martine Van Opphem and Mr L. Walschaerts who work for the Cloffa at the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences of Belgium. Every effort has been made by the editors to check references whenever possible and to present these in a uniform manner. The editors accept no responsibility for either the inclusion or omission of any reference, especially those references extracted from aquariological papers: a selection was obviously necessary. The authors have retained those of real interest and related to species identified with certainty. When future amendments and additions are issued, it will of course he , possible to overcome the more notable omissions, whether voluntary or involuntary, which have come to light and been notified. The editors will be grateful for any comments, criticisms and contri­ butions leading to the improvement of this reference work. J. Daget, J.-P. Gosse, D. 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