Astyanax hermosus, a new species from the Primero River basin, Córdoba, Argentina (Characiformes, Characidae)

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-20

  Miquelarena, Amalia M ^a   Protogino, Lucila C ^a   López, Hugo L ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b Museo de la Mujer   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Astyanax; Biodiversity; Central Argentina; Characidae; New species; Ostariophysi; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ASTYANAX; CHARACIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; OSTARIOPHYSI;

EID: 17444401002     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80284     Document Type: Article

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