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• Hammer, M.P., Unmack, P.J., Adams, M., Johnson, J.B. & Walker, K.F. 2010. Phylogeographic structure in the threatened Yarra pygmy perch Nannoperca obscura (Teleostei: Percichthyidae) has major implications for declining populations. Conservation Genetics 11: 213–223
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