A new subterranean species of Phreatobius Goeldi, 1905 (Siluriformes, Incertae sedis) from the Southwestern Amazon basin

Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 191-201

  Shibatta, Oscar Akio ^a   Muriel Cunha, Janice ^b   De Pinna, Mário C C ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blind catfish; Habitat; Madeira basin; Subterranean fishes; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 37349081528     PISSN: 00311049     EISSN: 18070205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492007001700001     Document Type: Article

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