Distribution, zoogeography and biology of the Murchison River hardyhead (Craterocephalus cuneiceps Whitley, 1944), an atherinid endemic to the Indian Ocean (Pilbara) Drainage Division of Western Australia

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 209-224

  Allen, M G ^a   Morgan, D L ^a   Gill, H S ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Atherinidae; Diet; Distribution; Growth; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH BIOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MURCHISON RIVER; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ATHERINIDAE; ATHERINOMORUS LACUNOSUS; CRATEROCEPHALUS CUNEICEPS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 28144448097     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00088.x     Document Type: Review

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