Trichomycterus igobi, a new catfish species from the rio Iguaçu drainage: The largest head in Trichomycteridae (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Wosiacki, Wolmar B ^a   De Pinna, Mário ^b  

^a Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldio MPEG   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fishes; Paran Basin; Systematics; Taxonomy; Trichomycterinae

Indexed keywords

PISCES; SILURIFORMES; TRICHOMYCTERIDAE; TRICHOMYCTERUS; TRICHOMYCTERUS STAWIARSKI;

EID: 41949130594     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252008000100003     Document Type: Article

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