A revision of F. R. Irvine's Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2213-2267

  Edwards, A J ^a   Gill, A C ^b   Abohweyere, P O ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ghana; Gulf of Guinea; Irvine; Marine fishes; Norman; Panthurichthys isognathus; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

FISH; MUSEUM; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ALIA; ALOPIAS; ALOPIAS VULPINUS; CARCHARIAS; CARCHARODON CARCHARIAS; CHAETODON; CHAETODON STRIATUS; CONGER; CONGER CONGER; DENTEX MACROPHTHALMUS; LIZA; LIZA RAMADA; MACROPHTHALMUS; PANTURICHTHYS; PISCES; PONTINUS ACCRAENSIS; RHINOBATOS; RHINOBATOS ALBOMACULATUS; RHINOBATOS IRVINEI; SCORPAENA; SCORPAENA SCROFA; SERRANUS; SERRANUS ACCRAENSIS; SPHYRNA; SPHYRNA TUDES; SPHYRNA ZYGAENA; SPICARA; UMBRINA; UMBRINA CIRROSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346463332     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930210138359     Document Type: Review

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