Evidence supporting two new forms and one previously described race within the Cottus carolinae species-complex from the Ozark Highlands

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 418-424

  Kinziger, Andrew P ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

BLACK RIVER; UNITED STATES;

COTTIDAE; COTTUS CAROLINAE;

EID: 0037385720     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0418:ESTNFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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