Settlement of white-spotted spinefoot, Siganus canaliculatus (Pisces: Siganidae), in the coastal waters off Okinawa island, Japan

Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi (Japanese Edition)

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-25

  Kanashiro, Kiyoaki ^a   Motonaga, Fumihiko ^b,c   Kimura, Motofumi ^d  

^a Okinawa Pref Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

^b Okinawa Prefecture Government   (Japan)

^c Okinawa Prefectural Sea Farming Center   (Japan)

^d Department of Agriculture   (Japan)

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EID: 22944444590     PISSN: 00215392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/suisan.65.19     Document Type: Article

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