Description of a new species of the genus Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from a Western Ghat stream in southern India

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-414

  Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy ^a   Muralidharan, Murugan ^a  

^a MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hill stream fishes; New species; Psilorhynchus; South India; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

BARBUS; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES; PSILORHYNCHIDAE; PSILORHYNCHUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 55249088275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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