Morphological variation and sexual dimorphism in the California skate, Raja inornata Jordan and Gilbert, 1881 from the Gulf of California, Mexico

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1545, 2007, Pages 1-16

  Geniz, José Leonardo Castillo ^a   Nishizaki, Oscar Sosa ^a   Jiménez, Juan Carlos Perez ^a,b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Allometry; Gulf of California; Morphometrics; Raja; Rajiformes; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

RAJA; RAJA CORTEZENSIS; RAJA EQUATORIALIS; RAJA INORNATA; RAJA RHINA; RAJA VELEZI; RAJIFORMES; REXEA SOLANDRI;

EID: 34547951333     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1545.1.1     Document Type: Article

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