A new species of Nannocharax (Characiformes: Distichodontidae) from Cameroon, with the description of contact organs and breeding tubercles in the genus

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 551-563

  Vari, Richard P ^a   Ferraris Jr , Carl J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FISH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CROSS BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

CHARACIFORMES; DISTICHODONTIDAE; NANNOCHARAX; PISCES;

EID: 12344277738     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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