Occurrence of the bentfin devil ray, Mobula thurstoni (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), in the western Atlantic

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 869-870

  Fazzano Gadig, Otto Bismarck ^a   Cabrera Namora, Rafael ^a   Dos Santos Motta, Fábio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; FISH; NEW RECORD; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

CHONDRICHTHYES; MOBULA THURSTONI; MOBULINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042763683     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403007914h     Document Type: Article

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