Ecomorphological comparisons of sagittae in Mullus barbatus and M. surmuletus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Aguirre, H ^a   Lombarte, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

M. surmuletus; Mullus barbatus; Otolith area (O); S : O ratio; Sulcus acusticus area (S)

Indexed keywords

MULLUS BARBATUS; MULLUS SURMULETUS;

EID: 0033041037     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1999.0974     Document Type: Article

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