Muscle development in the tambaqui, an important Amazonian food fish

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 842-853

  Vieira, V L A ^a   Johnston, I A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon fishes; Colossoma macropomum; fish larvae; muscle; somitogenesis; temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294668     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0215     Document Type: Article

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