Observations on the skulls of sturgeons (Acipenseridae): Shared similarities of Pseudoscaphirhynchus kaufmanni and juvenile specimens of Acipenser stellatus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-144

  Hilton, Eric J ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenseriformes; Chondrostei; Comparative osteology; Large Amu Dar shovelnose sturgeon; Stellate sturgeon

Indexed keywords

OSTEOLOGY; SKULL;

ACIPENSER STELLATUS; ACIPENSERIDAE; ACIPENSERIFORMES; CHONDROSTEI; PSEUDOSCAPHIRHYNCHUS KAUFMANNI; SCAPHIRHYNCHUS PLATORYNCHUS;

EID: 15044354439     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-004-6578-y     Document Type: Article

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