Two new species of Pseudancistrus from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-174

  Lujan, Nathan K ^a   Armbruster, Jonathan W ^a   Sabaj, Mark H ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LORICARIIDAE; ODONTODES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 34547279394     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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