Adhesion by paired pectoral and pelvic fins in a mountain-stream catfish, Pseudocheneis sulcatus (Sisoridae)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-5

  Das, Debasish ^a   Nag, Tapas C ^b  

^a DARJEELING GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

epidermis; mucus; scanning electron microscopy; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

FISH; MORPHOLOGY; SKIN;

AKYSIDAE; CATFISH; SISORIDAE;

EID: 5444256939     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000043148.23925.a7     Document Type: Article

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