Geographic variation in the grey mullet: A geometric morphometric analysis using partial warp scores

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 255-269

  Corti, M ^a   Crosetti, D ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Landmarks; Morphometrics; Mugil cephalus; Mullet; Partial warps

Indexed keywords

MUGIL CEPHALUS;

EID: 0030050557     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01117.x     Document Type: Article

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