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A new characid species with remarkable sexual dimorphism (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the upper Guayabero River, Orinoco basin, Colombia

  • 1. Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Ictiología, Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2. Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia

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Carvalho, Tiago P., Thomaz, Andréa Tonolli, Urbano-Bonilla, Alexander, Prada-Pedreros, Saúl (2024): A new characid species with remarkable sexual dimorphism (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the upper Guayabero River, Orinoco basin, Colombia. Journal of Fish Biology 104 (6): 1947-1959, DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15738, URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15738

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