Sex-related morphological variation in two species of apteronotid fishes (Gymnotiformes) from the Amazon River basin

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1998, Pages 730-735

  Fernandes, Cristina Cox ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYMNOTIFORMES;

EID: 0031881133     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447805     Document Type: Article

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