Rhamdia macuspanensis: A new species of troglobitic pimelodid catfish (Siluriformes; Pimelodidae) from a cave in Tabasco, Mexico

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 998-1004

  Weber, Axel ^a   Wilkens, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBUS; LATICAUDA; PIMELODIDAE; RHAMDIA; RHAMDIA LATICAUDA; RHAMDIA MACUSPANENSIS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 0032583536     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447347     Document Type: Article

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