Betadevario ramachandrani, a new danionine genus and species from the Western Ghats of India (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Danioninae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2519, 2010, Pages 31-47

  Pramod, P K ^a   Fang, Fang ^b   Devi, K Rema ^c   Liao, Te Yu ^b,d   Indra, T J ^c   Beevi, K S Jameela ^e   Kullander, Sven O ^b  

^a Marine Products Export Development Authority   (India)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Maharaja's College   (India)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Danio; Devario; Endemism; Karnataka; Phylogeny; Rhodopsin

Indexed keywords

BARBUS; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; DANIO; RASBORINAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77954249309     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2519.1.2     Document Type: Article

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