Poecilia kykesis nom. nom., a new name for Mollienesia petenensis Günther, 1866, and redescription, revalidation and the designation of a lectotype for Poecilia petenensis Günther, 1866 (Teleostei: Poeciliidae)

Contributions to Zoology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Poeser, Fred N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nomenclature; Poecilia kykesis; Poecilia petenensis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; MOLLIENESIA; POECILIA; POECILIA PETENENSIS; POECILIA SPHENOPS; POECILIIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33745277915     PISSN: 13834517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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