Geographic variation in Poecilia Bloch and Schneider, 1801 (Teleostei: Peociliidae), with descriptions of three new species and designation of lectotypes for P. dovii Günther, 1866 and for P. vandepolli van Lidth de Jeude, 1887

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 356-379

  Poeser, Fred N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COASTAL WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; TELEOST;

COLOMBIA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; VENEZUELA;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; HETERANDRIA; POECILIA; POECILIA CAUCANA; POECILIA HETERANDRIA; POECILIA RETICULATA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0141682864     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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