A report on the exotic Moonlight Gourami <I>Trichopodus microlepis</I> Gunther (Perciformes: Percoidei: Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae) from Chalakudy river, Kerala, India
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Shyla, M. H., & Jameela Beevi, K. S. (2015). A report on the exotic Moonlight Gourami <I>Trichopodus microlepis</I> Gunther (Perciformes: Percoidei: Osphronemidae: Luciocephalinae) from Chalakudy river, Kerala, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS), 112(1), 35–37. https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2015/v112i1/92342

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