Testis and andropodial development in a viviparous halfbeak, Dermogenys sp. (Teleostei: Hemiramphidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1997, Pages 44-52

  Meisner, Amy Downing ^a   Burns, John R ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHERINOMORPHA; DERMOGENYS; HEMIRAMPHIDAE; HYPORHAMPHUS UNIFASCIATUS; TELEOSTEI; TRIDENS; ZENARCHOPTERUS DISPAR;

EID: 0030970003     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447838     Document Type: Article

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