Ralf Britz, Neelesh Dahanukar, Ariane Standing, Siby Philip, Biju Kumar and Rajeev Raghavan
Osteology of ‘Monopterus’ roseni with the description of Rakthamichthys, new genus, and comments on the generic assignment of the Amphipnous Group species (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes)
Received 28 October 2020
Revised 28 November 2020
Accepted 4 December 2020
Published 29 December 2020
ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3B3C8E2D-85FF-4CF2-A145-153187D487B2
German National Library URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020122910540096005201
DOI: 10.23788/IEF-1163
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