Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil (Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1446, 2007, Pages 31-42

  Higuchi, Horácio ^a   Birindelli, José L O ^b   Sousa, Leandro M ^b   Britski, Heraldo A ^b  

^a MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Pantanal; Taxonomy; Thorny catfish

Indexed keywords

AMBLYDORAS; ANADORAS; DORADIDAE; HYPODORAS; PHYSOPYXIS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 34247226568     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1446.1.3     Document Type: Article

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