Two new fish species of the genus Puntius Hamilton (Cyprinidae) from Manipur, India, with notes on P. ticto (Hamilton) and P. stoliczkanus (Day)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1450, 2007, Pages 45-56

  Linthoingambi, I ^a   Vishwanath, W ^a  

^a MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cyprinidae; Cypriniformes; Manipur; New species; Puntius

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; PISCES; PUNTIUS; PUNTIUS TICTO;

EID: 34247517928     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1450.1.4     Document Type: Article

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