Otolith characteristics of species, subspecies, and populations of Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from Anatolia (Turkey)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 40, Issue 27-28, 2006, Pages 1687-1705

  Schulz Mirbach, Tanja ^a   Reichenbacher, Bettina ^a   Yildirim, M Zeki ^b   Atalay, M Altuǧ ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Plant Protection Research Institute   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Aphanius; Cyprinodontiform; Otolith; Populations; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; OTOLITH; PHYLOGENETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SUBSPECIES;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

APHANIUS; APHANIUS ANATOLIAE; APHANIUS ANATOLIAE ANATOLIAE; APHANIUS ASQUAMATUS; APHANIUS DANFORDII; APHANIUS VILLWOCKI; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33750885731     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930600964498     Document Type: Article

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