Discovery of the Amazon sailfin catfish Pterygoplichthys pardalis (Castelnau, 1855) (Teleostei: Loricariidae) in Vietnam

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 715-717

  Levin, B A ^a,b   Phuong, P H ^c   Pavlov, D S ^b  

^a PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c Joint Vietnam Russian Tropical Research and Technological Centre   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSARCUS; LIPOSARCUS PARDALIS; LORICARIIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 54949147634     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2008.01185.x     Document Type: Article

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