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Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs

  • 1. Laboratório de Ictiologia Sistemática, Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Campus de Porto Nacional, rua 3, Quadra 17, s/n, Caixa Postal 136, 77500-000 Porto Nacional, TO, Brazil
  • 2. Laboratório de Ictiologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.Av. Ipiranga, 6681, Caixa Postal 1429, 90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

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Lucinda, Paulo Henrique Franco, Reis, Roberto E. (2005): Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs. Neotropical Ichthyology 3 (1): 1-60, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252005000100001, URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252005000100001&lng=en&tlng=en

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