Mystus ankutta, a new catfish from Sri Lanka (Teleostei: Bagridae)

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 233-242

  Pethiyagoda, Rohan ^a   Silva, Anjana ^b   Maduwage, Kalana ^c  

^a Wildlife Heritage Trust Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

^b RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAGRIDAE; MYSTUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 57649101198     PISSN: 09369902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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