Amazon sailfin catfish, Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855) (Loricariidae), another exotic species established in southeastern Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-144

  Wakida Kusunoki, Armando T ^a   Ruiz Carus, Ramon ^b   Amador Del Angel, Enrique ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LA PESCA   (Mexico)

^b FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL CARMEN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSARCUS; LIPOSARCUS PARDALIS; LORICARIIDAE; OLIGACANTHORHYNCHUS; PTERYGOPLICHTHYS MULTIRADIATUS;

EID: 33947614064     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[141:ASCPPC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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