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Issue: Vol. 5120 No. 2: 25 Mar. 2022
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2022-03-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.2.10
Page range: 295-300
Abstract views: 1128
PDF downloaded: 34

Diversity and distribution of dragon snakeheads of the family Aenigmachannidae, and the identity of Aenigmachanna mahabali

Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India
Department of Life Sciences, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR, India.
Faculty of Ocean Science and Technology, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi, India.
Malabar Awareness and Rescue Centre for Wildlife (MARC), Kannur, India. Fraternity for One-Health Research and Conservation Education (FORCE), Ernakulam, India
Senckenberg Natural History Collections, Dresden, Germany.
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