Aspects of the length, mass, fecundity, feeding habits and some parasites of the shortfin minnow, Barbus brevipinnis (Cyprinidae) from the Marite River, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 257-264

  Schulz, G W C ^a,b   Schoonbee, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b Mpumalanga Parks Board   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBUS BREVIPINNIS;

EID: 0033019724     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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