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Revision of the Astyanax orthodus species-group (Teleostei: Characidae) with descriptions of three new species

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Ruiz-C, Raquel I., Román-Valencia, César, Taphorn, Donald C., Buckup, Paulo A., Ortega, Hernán (2018): Revision of the Astyanax orthodus species-group (Teleostei: Characidae) with descriptions of three new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 402: 1-45, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.402

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