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Raquel Moreno Valcárcel y Ana Ruiz Navarro
Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100
raquelmoreno@um.es


Fecha de publicación: 28-09-2009

 

Moreno-Valcárcel, R., Ruiz-Navarro, A. (2009). Gambusia – Gambusia holbrooki. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A. (Ed.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/