New records and rare occurrences of fish species from the mediterranean coast of israel

Zoology in the Middle East

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Golani, Daniel ^a   Levy, Yaniv ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Mediterranean; Middle East; New records; Rare fish species

Indexed keywords

NEW RECORD; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST;

BATHOPHILUS NIGERRIMUS; LAGOCEPHALUS SCELERATUS; MOBULA MOBULAR; SCARUS GHOBBAN; TETRAPTURUS BELONE; TYLOSURUS CHORAM;

EID: 29744462027     PISSN: 09397140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2005.10638124     Document Type: Article

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