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Two new cis-Andean species of the South American catfish genus Megalonema allied to trans-Andean Megalonema xanthum, with description of a new subgenus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)

  • 1. Department of Ichthyology, The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195, USA

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Lundberg, John G., Dahdul, Wasila M. (2008): Two new cis-Andean species of the South American catfish genus Megalonema allied to trans-Andean Megalonema xanthum, with description of a new subgenus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae). Neotropical Ichthyology 6 (3): 439-454, DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252008000300018, URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000300018&lng=en&tlng=en

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