Troglocyclocheilus khammouanensis, a new genus and species of cave fish from the Khammouan karst, Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 347-359

  Kottelat, Maurice ^a,b   Bréhier, Franck ^a,c  

^a National University of Singapore ^*  (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Laboratoire Souterrain du CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cave fishes; Protocobitis; Sinocydocheilus; Taxonomy; Troglocyclocheilus

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPSIDAE; BARBUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; TYPHLOPS;

EID: 0033241607     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80084     Document Type: Article

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