Invasion of South American suckermouth armoured catfishes Pterygoplichthys spp. (Loricariidae) in Kerala, India - a case study

<p>This paper documents the occurrence of the exotic South American suckermouth armoured catfishes (Loricariidae) of the genus <em>Pterygoplichthys </em>spp. in the drainages of Thiruvananthapuram City, Kerala.  The morphological taxonomy revealed that the specimens are closely rel...

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Main Authors: A. Bijukumar, R. Smrithy, U. Sureshkumar, S. George
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1897