Morphology and histology of the oesophagus in a warmwater tilapiine fish (Teleostei)

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-124

  Gargiulo, A M ^a,c   Dall'Aglio, C ^a   Tsoku, Z ^a   Ceccarelli, P ^b   Pedini, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c Ist di Anatomia Normale Veterinaria   (Italy)

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EID: 0346741566     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.1996.tb00074.x     Document Type: Article

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