Bibliography Record

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Banks Da Rocha, Newton (detail)
   
1980
Chave para a determinação das espécies brasileiras de peixe-boi.
Caderno ômega Univ. Fed. Rural Pernambuco (Recife) 4(2): 147-148. Jul.-Dec. 1980.
–Engl. summ. Abstr.: Rev. Nordest. Biol. 3, Numero Especial, 1981: 250-251. Recognizes T. inunguis, T. m. manatus, and T. m. latirostris (!) as occurring in Brazil and gives a key for their identification. The former taxon is distinguished in the key by its lack of nails; the latter two by absence or presence, respectively, of a median notch in the border of the caudal fin. Again, no evidence is given to substantiate the identification of latirostris in Brazil.

Related Index Records (4)

Brazil
  x 1980 Banks da Rocha, N. (key to manatee species in Brazil; 147-148.)

Trichechus inunguis (Natterer in von Pelzeln, 1883) Thomas and Lydekker, 1897
  x 1980 Banks da Rocha, N. (in key; 147-148.)

Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
  x 1980 Banks da Rocha, N. (in key; thought to occur in Brazil; 147-148.)

Trichechus manatus manatus Linnaeus, 1758, Hatt, 1934
  x 1980 Banks da Rocha, N. (in key; 147-148.)


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