A review of the catfish genus Hara, with the description of four new species (Siluriformes: Erethistidae)

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 471-505

  Ng, Heok Hee ^a,b   Kottelat, Maurice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; India; Myanmar; Sisoroidea; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ERETHISTES; HARA FILAMENTOSA; MESEMBRINA; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 35348927224     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80400     Document Type: Review

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