Feeding habits and morphometry of Iheringichthys labrosus (Lütken, 1874) in the Uruguay River (Uruguay)

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 657-664

  Masdeu, Malvina ^a   Mello, Franco Teixeira de ^a,b   Loureiro, Marcelo ^c,d   Arim, Matias ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Grupo de Investigación en Ecología Básica Y Aplicada   (Uruguay)

^c Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^d MUSEO NACIONAL DE HISTORIA NATURAL   (Uruguay)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diet; Freshwater; Natural history; Pimelodidae; Siluriformes

Indexed keywords

IHERINGICHTHYS LABROSUS; MARTES PENNANTI; PIMELODIDAE; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 80053136588     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252011005000034     Document Type: Article

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