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Systematics of Spintherobolus (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) from eastern Brazil

  • 1. Division of Fishes, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, MRC-159, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 20560, USA.
  • 2. Laboratório de Ictiologia, Museu de Ciências e Tecnologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, CEP 90619-900, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, and Departamento de Zoologia, IB, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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Weitzman, Stanley H., Malabarba, Luiz R. (1999): Systematics of Spintherobolus (Teleostei: Characidae: Cheirodontinae) from eastern Brazil. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 10 (1): 1-43, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10881992

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