The South American annual killifish genus Austrolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): Phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology and taxonomic revision

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1213, 2006, Pages 1-162

  Costa, Wilson J E M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Austrolebias; Biogeography; Fish; Morphology; Neotropica; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

AUSTROLEBIAS ARACHAN; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; RIVULINAE (APLOCHEILIDAE); SALVIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33745228148     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1213.1.1     Document Type: Review

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