First records of the North American catfish Ameiurus melas in Portugal

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1643-1646

  Gante, H F ^a   Santos, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ameiurus melas; First record; Ictaluridae; Introduced species; Portugal

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW RECORD; RANGE EXPANSION;

PORTUGAL;

AMEIURUS MELAS; ICTALURIDAE;

EID: 0037001681     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb02504.x     Document Type: Article

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