Fishes of the fresh waters of Nosy Be, Madagascar, with notes on their distribution and natural history

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-46

  Loiselle, Paul V ^a  

^a New York Aquarium   (United States)

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AMBASSIDAE; APLOCHEILIDAE; CICHLIDAE; ELEOTRIDAE; PACHYPANCHAX; PARATILAPIA POLLENI; PARETROPLUS DAMII; PISCES; PTYCHOCHROMIS OLIGACANTHUS;

EID: 33645037470     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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