A new species of Kolpotecheirodon (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae: Compsurini) from Bahia, northeastern Brazil, with a new diagnosis of the genus

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-329

  Malabarba, Luiz R ^a,b   Limsa, Flávio C T ^c   Weitzman, Stanley H ^d  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; PARAGUACU RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHARACIDAE; CHEIRODONTINAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 11344260195     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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