Meristic variation and skeletal anomalies of wild and reared sharpsnout seabream juveniles (Diplodus puntazzo, Cetti 1777) off coastal Sicily, Mediterranean Sea

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 575-579

  Favaloro, Eugenia ^a   Mazzola, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Meristic characters; Reared; Sharpsnout seabream; Wild; X ray

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; FISH CULTURE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

DIPLODUS; DIPLODUS PUNTAZZO; PUNTAZZO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037703074     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00857.x     Document Type: Article

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