Coryphopterus kuna, a new goby (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the western Caribbean, with the identification of the late larval stage and an estimate of the pelagic larval duration

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1526, 2007, Pages 51-61

  Victor, Benjamin C ^a,b  

^a Ocean Science Foundation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

BARCODE; BOLD; Caribbean; DNA; Fish; Gobiidae; Goby; Informatics; Larvae; Larval identification; Larval stage; Mexico; New species; Otolith; Panama; Pelagic larval duration; Western Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CORYPHOPTERUS; GOBIIDAE; GOBIINAE; KUNA; PERCIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447631883     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1526.1.3     Document Type: Article

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