Numbfishes from the Arabian Sea and surrounding gulfs, with the description of a new species from Oman (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes:Narcinidae)

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-66

  De Carvalho, Marcelo R ^a   Randall, John E ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabian Sea; Gulfs of Oman and Aden; Narcine atzi; New species; Numbfishes

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; HYPNOS MONOPTERYGIUM; NARCINE; NARCINIDAE; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM; TORPEDINIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038392896     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102280300008     Document Type: Article

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