New, possibly extinct lithogenine loricariid (siluriformes, loricariidae) from northern venezuela

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 562-575

  Provenzano R , Francisco ^a   Schaefer, Scott A ^b   Baskin, Jonathan N ^c   Royero Leon, Ramiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

(NORTH); VENEZUELA;

LITHOGENES VALENCIA; LITHOGENES VILLOSUS; LORICARIIDAE; SILURIFORMES; VALENCIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141681861     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CI-02-160R1     Document Type: Article

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