A review of the genus Batasio (Teleostei: Bagridae) in Indochina, with the description of B. tigrinus sp. n. from Thailand

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 495-511

  Ng, Heok Hee ^a,b   Kottelat, Maurice ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Batasio Bagridae Taxonomy Indochina

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035612947     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80159     Document Type: Review

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