Systematic observations on tropical Asian medakas or ricefishes of the genusOryzias, with descriptions of four new species

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 213-224

  Roberts, Tyson R ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Capital Mansion   (Thailand)

Author keywords

karyotype; new species; Oryzias dancena; Oryzias melastigma; reidentifications

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032529753     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: 16163915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02673919     Document Type: Article

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