Morphological variation among populations of Aphanius fasciatus Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontidae) from the Mediterranean

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Ferrito, V ^a   Mannino, M C ^a   Pappalardo, A M ^a   Tigano, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intraspecific variation; Multivariate analysis; Osteology; Teleostei

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CRANIUM; CYPRINID; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOLOGY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

APHANIUS FASCIATUS; CYPRINODONTIDAE; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33846103105     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01192.x     Document Type: Article

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