Anguilla marmorata (giant mottled eel) discovered in a new location: Natural range expansion or recent human introduction?

Pacific Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-115

  Handler, Alex ^a   James, Shelley A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EEL; NEW RECORD; RANGE EXPANSION;

ANGUILLA MARMORATA; ANGUILLIDAE;

EID: 33645527389     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/psc.2005.0056     Document Type: Article

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