A phylogenetic study of the neotropical catfish family Cetopsidae (Osteichthyes, Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a new classification

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 755-813

  De Pinna, Mário C C ^a   Ferraris Jr , Carl J ^b   Vari, Rrichard P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Gigantism; Miniaturization; Systematics; Taxonomy; Whale catfishes

Indexed keywords

CETACEA; CETOPSIDAE; CETOPSIS; CETOPSIS COECUTIENS; HEMICETOPSIS; OSTARIOPHYSI; OSTEICHTHYES; PSEUDOCETOPSIS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 34547684113     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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