Two new Indo-Pacific morays of the genus Uropterygius (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1005-1014

  McCosker, John E ^a   Smith, David G ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; GROWTH; SEASONALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; MURAENIDAE; PERCIFORMES; UROPTERYGIUS; UROPTERYGIUS GOLANII; UROPTERYGIUS XENODONTUS;

EID: 0031545710     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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