FOOD HABITS OF THE SOFT-FIN BARB, PUNTIUS SOPHORE (HAM. - BUCH.) IN A FLOODPLAIN WETLAND, WEST BENGAL
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Authors
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Krishna Krishna Mitra,
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute,
Barrackpore, Kolkata - 700 120, West Bengal
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V R Suresh
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute,
Barrackpore, Kolkata - 700 120, West Bengal
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G K Vinci
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute,
Barrackpore, Kolkata - 700 120, West Bengal
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N N Mazumdar
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute,
Barrackpore, Kolkata - 700 120, West Bengal
Abstract
FOOD HABITS OF THE SOFT-FIN BARB, PUNTIUS SOPHORE (HAM. - BUCH.) IN A FLOODPLAIN WETLAND, WEST BENGAL
FOOD HABITS OF THE SOFT-FIN BARB, PUNTIUS SOPHOREÂ (HAM. - BUCH.) IN A FLOODPLAIN WETLAND, WEST BENGAL
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