Apareiodon agmatos, a new species from the upper Mazaruni river, Guyana (Teleostei: Characiformes: Parodontidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1925, 2008, Pages 31-38

  Taphorn, Donald C B ^a   López Fernández, Hernán ^b   Bernard, Calvin R ^c  

^a Museo de Historia Natural La Salle   (Venezuela)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Endemism; Essequibo; Freshwater fish; Isolation; Neotropical; Systematics; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

APAREIODON; CHARACIFORMES; PARODON; PARODONTINAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 56249146666     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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