Brachyplatystoma capapretum: A new species of goliath catfish from the Amazon Basin, with a reclassification of allied catfishes (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2005, Pages 492-516

  Lundberg, John G ^a   Akama, Alberto ^b  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BRACHYPLATYSTOMA; BRACHYPLATYSTOMA CAPAPRETUM; PIMELODIDAE; SILURIFORMES; WEBERIA;

EID: 23444449262     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CI-04-036R1     Document Type: Article

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