A new species of the genus Batasio Blyth (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Sharavati River, Uttara Kannada, Karnataka

Zoos' Print Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1339-1342

  Bhatt, Anuradha ^a   Jayaram, K C ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Padmaja New No 2 (Old 22)   (India)

Author keywords

Batasio sharavatiensis sp. nov.; Karnataka; New species; RiverSharavati

Indexed keywords

BAGRIDAE; BATASIO; BATASIO SHARAVATIENSIS; CATFISH; SILURIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842264145     PISSN: 09716378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11609/jott.zpj.19.2.1339-42     Document Type: Article

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