A new alien fish in the Mediterranean Sea - Platax teira (Forsskål, 1775) (Osteichthyes: Ephippidae)

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 80-83

  Bilecenoglu, Murat ^a   Kaya, Murat ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alien fish; Aquarium release; Ephippidae; Mediterranean Sea; Platax teira

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547702617     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: 18185487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2006.1.2.5     Document Type: Article

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