Platycephalus americanus Sauvage, 1878, a junior synonym of Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758) (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae)

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 425-428

  Imamura, Hisashi ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grammoplites scaber; Junior synonym; Platycephalus americanus; Type locality

Indexed keywords

GRAMMOPLITES SCABER; PLATYCEPHALIDAE; PLATYCEPHALUS; SCORPAENIFORMES;

EID: 0031586546     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02671995     Document Type: Article

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