Astyanax ajuricaba: A new species from the Amazon basin in Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-174

  Marinho, Manoela M F ^a   Lima, Flávio C T ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caudal fin ocellated spot; Moenkhausia lepidura species group; Rio Negro; Rio Tapaj s

Indexed keywords

ASTYANAX; CHARACIDAE; CHARACIFORMES; MOENKHAUSIA;

EID: 67650500274     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252009000200006     Document Type: Article

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