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Annotated list and key to the stream fishes of Trinidad & Tobago
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Phillip, Dawn A. T., Taphorn, Donald C., Holm, Erling, Gilliam, James F., Lamphere, Bradley A., López-Fernández, Hernán (2013): Annotated list and key to the stream fishes of Trinidad & Tobago. Zootaxa 3711 (1): 1-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3711.1.1
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