Morphometric and allozyme variation in the African catfishes Clarias gariepinus and C. anguillaris

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 192-207

  Rognon, X ^a,b   Teugels, G G ^c   Guyomard, R ^a   Galbusera, P ^d   Andriamanga, M ^a   Volckaert, F ^d   Agnese J F ^e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^c ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Centre de Recherches Oceanographiques   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Africa; Allozymes; Clariidae; Morphometry; Variation

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS ALBOPUNCTATUS; CLARIAS ANGUILLARIS; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; HETEROBRANCHUS LONGIFILIS;

EID: 0032125856     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1998.0695     Document Type: Article

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