Morphological diversity of the Cynoscion group (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) in the Gulf of Guayaquil region, Ecuador: A comparative approach

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 403-413

  Aguirre, Windsor E ^a,b   Shervette, Virginia R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuaries; Evolutionary diversification; Morphometrics; Tropical eastern Pacific; Weakfish

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; MORPHOMETRY; PERCIFORM; TAXONOMY;

GULF OF GUAYAQUIL; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CYNOSCION; CYNOSCION ALBUS; CYNOSCION ARENARIUS; CYNOSCION NEBULOSUS; CYNOSCION NOTHUS; CYNOSCION REGALIS; ISOPISTHUS REMIFER; PERCIFORMES; PHOXOCEPHALUS; SCIAENIDAE;

EID: 23744456853     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-005-2227-3     Document Type: Article

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