Two new species of Pseudecheneis, rheophilic catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1047, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Ng, Heok Hee ^a   Edds, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganges River drainage; Glyptosternines; South Asia

Indexed keywords

CRASSICAUDA; PSEUDECHENEIS; SILURIFORMES; SISORIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33745238027     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1047.1.1     Document Type: Article

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