Description of two new species of the Midas cichlid complex (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Apoyo, Nicaragua

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-173

  Geiger, Matthias F ^a   McCrary, Jeffrey K ^b   Stauffer Jr , Jay R ^c  

^a ZOOLOGISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG MÜNCHEN   (Germany)

^b Fundación Nicaragüense Pro desarrollo Comunitario Integral FUNDECI GAIA   (Nicaragua)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CICHLID; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NEW SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; SPECIES COMPLEX;

LAKE APOYO; MANAGUA [NICARAGUA]; NICARAGUA;

AMPHILOPHUS CITRINELLUS; CICHLIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 77955695349     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2988/09-20.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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