Petroscirtes pylei, a new saber-toothed blenny from the Fiji Islands (Teleostei: Blenniidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1046, 2005, Pages 29-36

  Smith Vaniz, William F ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blenniidae; Deep reef; Fiji Islands; Indo west Pacific; New species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BLENNIIDAE; BLENNIOIDEI; PETROSCIRTES; PETROSCRITES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33745256989     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1046.1.3     Document Type: Article

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