The South American catfish genus Auchenipterus Valenciennes, 1840 (Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae): Monophyly and relationships, with a revisionary study

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-450

  Ferraris Jr , Carl J ^a   Vari, Richard P ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lectorype; Neotropical; Neotype; New species; Nomenclature; Pisces; Taxonomy; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

AUCHENIPTERIDAE; AUCHENIPTERUS; BARBUS; BARBUS BARBUS; COLYMBETES; OSTARIOPHYSI; PISCES; SILURIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0039628075     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00156.x     Document Type: Article

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