Phylogeny of the ocean sunfishes (molidae, tetraodontiformes), a highly derived group of teleost fishes

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-43

  Santini, Francesco ^a   Tyler, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Molidae; Osteology; Phylogeny; Tetraodontiformes

Indexed keywords

CENTRARCHIDAE; MASTURUS; MOLA; MOLIDAE; PISCES; RANZANIA; TELEOSTEI; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 0040620448     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000209356436     Document Type: Article

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