The spotted ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei: Notes on its biology with a redescription of the species (Holocephali: Chimaeridae)

California Fish and Game

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 112-125

  Didier, Dominique A ^a   Rosenberger, Lisa J ^b  

^a ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CHIMAERA MONSTROSA; CHIMAERIDAE; HOLOCEPHALI; HYDROLAGUS; HYDROLAGUS COLLIEI; HYDROLAGUS MEDIA; PISCES;

EID: 0041568649     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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