Distribution and reproduction of killifish aphanius dispar and A. Fasciatus and their hybrids in the Bardawil Lagoon on the mediterranean coast of Sinai, Egypt

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-213

  Lotan, Ruth ^a   Ben Tuvia, Adam ^b  

^a David Yelin Teachers College   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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