Etymology of some common names for New Zealand freshwater fishes

Pacific Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-121

  Mcdowall, R M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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