Development of embryos and larvae in the common Japanese conger Conger myriaster

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 972-983

  Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Zhang, Huan ^a,b   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Akazawa, Atsushi ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Oka, Hideo P ^a  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Japanese conger; Egg; Embryonic development; Larva

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; CONGER; CONGER CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER; JAPONICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036774824     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2002.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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