Evolution of freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla: A probable scenario

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 139-148

  Tsukamoto, Katsumi ^a   Aoyama, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catadromy; Migration loop; Speciation; Tethys Sea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FISH; PHYLOGENY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLA MARMORATA; ANGUILLA MOSSAMBICA; ANGUILLA REINHARDTI; ANGUILLA REINHARDTII; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA;

EID: 0031880163     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007427724175     Document Type: Article

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