A new species of Cathorops (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from Mesoamerica, with redescription of four species from the Eastern Pacific

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-280

  Marceniuk, Alexandre P ^a,b   Betancur R , Ricardo ^c   Acero P , Arturo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE MOGI DAS CRUZES   (Brazil)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Universidad Nacional de Colombia   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; ONTOGENY; TAXONOMY; TELEOST;

ARIIDAE; ARIUS; CATHOROPS; LIROPUS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 73349133318     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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