First record of the brown lanternshark, Etmopterus unicolor, from the waters around New Zealand, and comparison with the southern lanternshark, E. granulosus

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-72

  Yano, Kazunari ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Etmopterus granulosus; Etmopterus unicolor; Morphometric and meristic; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ETMOPTERUS GRANULOSUS; ETMOPTERUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 0031286955     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02672759     Document Type: Article

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