Anatomy and phylogenetic relationships of a new catfish species from northeastern Argentina with comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the genus Rhamdella Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1888 (Siluriformes, Heptapteridae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1780, 2008, Pages 1-54

  Bockmann, Flávio A ^a   Miquelarena, Amalia M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Limnologia Dr Raul A Ringuelet   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biogeography; South America; Taxonomy; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

CUNA; HEPTAPTERIDAE; MYOGLANIS; NEMUROGLANIS; SILURIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 45549107738     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1780.1.1     Document Type: Article

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