A chamaeleon characin: The plant-clinging and colour-changing Ammocryptocharax elegans (Characidiinae: Crenuchidae)

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-232

  Zuanon, Jansen ^a   Carvalho, Lucélia Nobre ^a   Sazima, Ivan ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHINGIDAE; CHARACIDAE; CHARACIDIINAE; CHARACIDIUM; CRENUCHIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845236411     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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