Identifying individual great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda using natural body marks

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 928-932

  Wilson, S K ^a,b   Wilson, D T ^a   Lamont, C ^a   Evans, M ^a  

^a Center for Marine Resource Studies   (Turks and Caicos Islands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish behaviour; Natural tagging; Sphyraena barracuda

Indexed keywords

FISH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; TAGGING;

SPHYRAENA BARRACUDA;

EID: 33747424064     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01128.x     Document Type: Article

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