Nannoperca pygmaea, a new species of pygmy perch (Teleostei: Percichthyidae) from Western Australia

Zootaxa

Volumn 3637, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 401-411

  Morgan, David L ^a   Beatty, Stephen J ^a   Adams, Mark ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endemic fishes; Hay River; Mitchell River; Nannatherina balstoni; Nannoperca vittata; South West Coast Drainage Division; Sympatric species

Indexed keywords

NANNATHERINA BALSTONI; NANNOPERCA; NANNOPERCA AUSTRALIS; NANNOPERCA OBSCURA; NANNOPERCA OXLEYANA; NANNOPERCA VARIEGATA; NANNOPERCA VITTATA; PERCICHTHYIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

FISH PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PERCH; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; MALE; PERCHES; PHYLOGENY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878842791     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.4.1     Document Type: Article

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