Notes on juvenile sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw and Nodder, 1791), caught in the Mexican Pacific

Ciencias Marinas

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 499-505

  Vidaurri Sotelo, Ana Luisa ^a   Macías Zamora, René ^a   Santana Hernádez, Heriberto ^a  

^a Ctro Regl Invest Pesquera M   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Istiophorus platypterus; Juvenile sailfish; Mexican Pacific; Reproduction; Sailfish

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; JUVENILE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

(TROPICAL EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; ISTIOPHORUS PLATYPTERUS;

EID: 0344689991     PISSN: 01853880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7773/cm.v24i4.759     Document Type: Article

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