Comparative osteology and phylogenetic systematics of fossil and living bony-tongue fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei, Osteoglossomorpha)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-100

  Hilton, Eric J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lycopteridae; Gymnarchidae; Heterotinae; Hiodontidae; Mormyridae; Notopteridae; Osteoglossidae; Osteoglossinae; Pantodon

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; ELOPS; EOHIODON; GYMNARCHIDAE; HIODON; HIODONTIDAE; LYCOPTERIDAE; MORMYRIDAE; NOTOPTERIDAE; OSTEOGLOSSIDAE; OSTEOGLOSSOMORPHA; PANTODON; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0037239299     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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