Lanternfish larvae from the Agulhas current (SW Indian Ocean)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-120

  Olivar, M P ^a   Moser, H G ^b   Beckley, L E ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diagnosis early larval stages; Fish larvae; Myctophidae; SW Indian Ocean

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

(SOUTHWEST); INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; BENTHOSEMA FIBULATUM; BENTHOSEMA PTEROTUM; BENTHOSEMA SUBORBITALE; BOLINICHTHYS; CERATOSCOPELUS TOWNSENDI; DIOGENICHTHYS PANURGUS; HYGOPHUM PROXIMUM; LAMPADENA LUMINOSA; LOBIANCHIA DOFLEINI; LOBIANCHIA GEMELLARII; MYCTOPHIDAE; MYCTOPHUM PHENGODES; MYCTOPHUM SELENOPS; NEOSCOPELUS MICROCHIR; NOTOSCOPELUS CAUDISPINOSUS; PANURGUS; PHENGODES; SCOPELOPSIS MULTIPUNCTATUS; SELENOPS; TRIPHOTURUS NIGRESCENS;

EID: 0033383273     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.1999.63n2101     Document Type: Article

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