Comparative morphology of scales of four teleost fishes from Sudan and Yemen

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 28, 2005, Pages 2643-2660

  Jawad, Laith A ^a  

^a NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barbus; Cteni; Labeo; Lates; Morphology; Scales; SEM; Sudan; Yemen

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYPRINID; MORPHOLOGY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WORLD; YEMEN;

BARBUS; LABEO; LATES; LATES NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 22844435192     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500102801     Document Type: Article

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