Observation on reef fishes in the coastal waters off some iranian islands in the persian gulf

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-76

  Rezai, Hamid ^a   Savari, Ahmad ^b  

^a Iranian National Center for Oceanography   (Iran)

^b Department of Fisheries   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Lutjanidae; Middle East; Persian Gulf (Arabian Gulf); Scaridae

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ICHTHYOFAUNA; REEF; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN; PERSIAN GULF;

ABUDEFDUF; ABUDEFDUF SAXATILIS; ACANTHURIDAE; ACANTHURUS; ACANTHURUS SOHAL; IRANIA; LUTJANIDAE; PISCES; POMACANTHIDAE; POMACANTHUS; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS; SCARIDAE;

EID: 2442713704     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2004.10638024     Document Type: Article

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