Three new species from a diverse, sympatric assemblage of the electric fish Gymnotus (Gymnotiformes: Gymnotidae) in the lowland Amazon Basin, with notes on ecology

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2005, Pages 82-99

  Crampton, William G R ^a   Thorsen, Dean H ^a,b   Albert, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GYMNOTIDAE; GYMNOTIFORMES; GYMNOTUS; GYMNOTUS CURUPIRA; GYMNOTUS OBSCURUS; GYMNOTUS VARZEA;

EID: 14544292158     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CI-03-242R2     Document Type: Article

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