Redescription of Betta bellica Sauvage, 1884 (Teleostei: Belontiidae), with description of a new allied species from Sumatra

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-155

  Tan, H H ^a   Ng, P K L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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