Further feral poeciliid fish in New Zealand fresh waters, with a key to species

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 673-682

  McDowall, R M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Caudo; Feral population; New Zealand; Phalloceros caudimaculatus; Poeciliidae

Indexed keywords

FISH; FRESHWATER; IDENTIFICATION KEY; NEW RECORD;

KAMO; NEW ZEALAND; NORTHLAND;

PHALLOCEROS; PHALLOCEROS CAUDIMACULATUS; POECILIIDAE;

EID: 0033367322     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1999.9516910     Document Type: Article

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