Taxonomic assessment of Leptodoras (Siluriformes: Doradidae) with descriptions of three new species
The genus Leptodoras Boulenger is a monophyletic assemblage of at least ten species distributed in large, predominantly lowland rivers throughout the northern half of cis-Andean South America. Leptodoras is diagnosed in Doradidae (thorny catfishes) by unique morphologies of the oral hood (upper labi...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
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Series: | Neotropical Ichthyology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252005000400020&lng=en&tlng=en |