New species of Creagrutus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Magdalena Basin, Colombia

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2005, Pages 812-817

  Torres Mejia, Mauricio ^a   Vari, Richard P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOMETRY; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

COLOMBIA; MAGDALENA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHARACIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; CREAGRUTUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 30344459398     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2005)005[0812:NSOCTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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