Occurrence of two species of Elasmobranchs, Carcharhinus leucas and Pristis microdon, in Betsiboka river, West Madagascar

Cybium

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-241

  Taniuchi, Toni ^a   Ishihara, Hajime ^b   Tanaka, Sho ^c   Hyodo, Susumu ^d   Murakami, Masahiro ^e   Séret, Bernard ^f  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Taiyo Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Carharhinus leucas; Elasmobranchii; Freshwater; Madagascar; Pristis microdon

Indexed keywords

CARCHARHINUS; CARCHARHINUS LEUCAS; ELASMOBRANCHII; LEUCAS; PRISTIS MICRODON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2342527206     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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