A revision of the south Asian sisorid catfish genus Sisor (Teleostei: Siluriformes)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 2871-2883

  Ng, H H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Freshwater catfishes; India; New species; Sisor; Sisoridae

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES;

CHAETODON; SILURIDAE; SISOR; SISORIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0242569306     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930210158780     Document Type: Article

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