Spawning seasonality and length at maturity of sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) off the Pacific coast of Mexico

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 459-467

  Hernández H , Agustín ^a   Ramírez R , Mauricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

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