Subterranean fishes of North America: Amblyopsidae

Biology of Subterranean Fishes

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 169-280

  Niemiller, Matthew L ^a   Poulson, Thomas L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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