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New species of Metynnis Cope, 1878 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Paraguay basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil

  • 1. Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia eAqüicultura,Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
  • 2. Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia deAmbientes Aquáticos Continentais, Av. Colombo, 5790, 87020-900 Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
  • 3. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138, United States of America; and The Nature Conservancy, South America Conservation Region

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Pavanelli, Carla S., Ota, Rafaela P., Petry, Paulo (2009): New species of Metynnis Cope, 1878 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Paraguay basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology 7 (2): 141-146, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252009000200002, URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252009000200002&lng=en&tlng=en

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