Micromyzon akamai, gen. et sp. nov., a small and eyeless banjo catfish (Siluriformes: Aspredinidae) from the river channels of the lower Amazon Basin

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 641-648

  Friel, John P ^a,c   Lundberg, John G ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPREDINIDAE; MICROMYZON; MICROMYZON AKAMAI; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 0029903516     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447528     Document Type: Article

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