First records of the slender snipe eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus (Nemichthyidae), and the robust cusk-eel, Benthocometes robustus (Ophidiidae), from the Aegean Sea

Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-88

  Bilecenoglu, Murat ^a   Kaya, Murat ^b   Irmak, Erhan ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Benthocometes robustus; Fish; Nemichthyidae; Nemichthys scolopaceus; New record; Ophidiidae; Zoogeography

Indexed keywords

BENTHOCOMETES ROBUSTUS; NEMICHTHYIDAE; NEMICHTHYS SCOLOPACEUS; OPHIDIIDAE; PLUTO INFERNALIS;

EID: 33748445861     PISSN: 01371592     EISSN: 17341515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3750/AIP2006.36.1.13     Document Type: Article

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