Hypostomus rhantos (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species from southern Venezuela

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1553, 2007, Pages 59-68

  Armbruster, Jonathan W ^a   Tansey, Leigh A ^b   Lujan, Nathan K ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Franklin High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazonas; Catfish; Hypostominae; Hypostomus micromaculatus; Neotropics; Siluriformes; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

HYPOSTOMUS; LORICARIIDAE; PUNCTUM MINUTISSIMUM; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 34548182249     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1553.1.3     Document Type: Article

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