Bibliography for KURTIDAE

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• Allen, G.R. 2001. Kurtidae. 3610 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
• Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Allen, C.J 2006. Kurtidae. pp. 1714-1715 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp.
• Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp.
• Berra, T.M, Gomelsky, B., Thompson, B.A, & Wedd, D. 2007. Reproductive anatomy, gonad development and spawning seasonality of nurseryfish, Kurtus gulliveri (Perciformes:Kurtidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 211–217
• Berra, T.M. 2001. Freshwater Fish Distribution. San Diego : Academic Press 604 pp.
• Berra, T.M. 2003. Nurseryfish, Kurtus gulliveri (Perciformes: Kurtidae), from northern Australia: redescription, distribution, egg mass, and comparison with K. indicus from southeast Asia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 14(4): 295-306
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