Redescription of Dolichallabes microphthalmus (Poll, 1942) (Siluriformes, Clariidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2004, Pages 108-115

  Devaere, Stijn ^a   Teugels, Guy G ^b   Adriaens, Dominique ^a   Huysentruyt, Frank ^a   Verraes, Walter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Section for Ecology and Systematics   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ANGUILLIFORMES; CHARMALLABES APUS; CLARIIDAE; DOLICHALLABES MICROPHTHALMUS; GYMNALLABES TYPUS; MICROPHTHALMUS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 1242276547     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CI-03-025R1     Document Type: Review

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