Mackerel from the northern Indian Ocean and the Red Sea are Scomber australasicus, not Scomber japonicus

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-33

  Baker, Erin A ^a   Collette, Bruce B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian ocean; Mackerel; Scomber australasicus; Scomber japonicus

Indexed keywords

SCOMBER AUSTRALASICUS; SCOMBER JAPONICUS;

EID: 0032219528     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02678572     Document Type: Article

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