The Siamese fighting fish: Well-known generally but little-known scientifically

ScienceAsia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-16

  Monvises, Adisorn ^a   Nuangsaeng, Bunlung ^a   Sriwattanarothai, Namkang ^a   Panijpan, Bhinyo ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Betta; Conservation; Diversity; Genetics; Pigments

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549099492     PISSN: 15131874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2009.35.008     Document Type: Article

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