An Atlantic blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, impaled by two species of billfishes (Teleostei: Istiophoridae)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 495-499

  Fierstine, Harry L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISTIOPHORIDAE; MAKAIRA NIGRICANS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA; XIPHIIDAE;

EID: 0031291243     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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