Magosternarchus, a new genus with two new species of electric fishes (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae) from the Amazon River Basin, South America

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 657-670

  Lundberg, John G ^a   Fernandes, Cristina Cox ^b   Albert, James Spurling ^c   Garcia, Marcelo ^d  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTERONOTIDAE; GYMNOTIFORMES; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PISCES; RAPTORES; STERNARCHELLA;

EID: 0029780697     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447530     Document Type: Article

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