A review of the freshwater fishes of Curaçao, with comments on those of Aruba and Bonaire

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-108

  Debrot, Adolphe O ^a  

^a CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW RECORD;

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES;

AGONOSTOMUS; AGONOSTOMUS MONTICOLA; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; ELEOTRIS; ELEOTRIS SMARAGDUS; MONTICOLA; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PISCES; POECILIA; TILAPIA;

EID: 0037657507     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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