The South American suckermouth armored catfish, Pterygoplichthys anisitsi (Pisces: Loricariidae), in Texas, with comments on foreign fish introductions in the American Southwest

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 98-104

  Nico, Leo G ^a   Martin, R Trent ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORICARIIDAE; PISCES; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS ANISITSI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035034143     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3672381     Document Type: Article

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