Apteronotus galvisi, a new species of electric ghost knifefish from the Rio Meta basin, Colombia (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae)

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-124

  De Santana, Carlos David ^a   Maldonado Ocampo, Javier A ^b   Crampton, William G R ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTERONOTIDAE; APTERONOTUS; APTERONOTUS LEPTORHYNCHUS; GYMNOTIFORMES;

EID: 34547293232     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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