Chorion microstructure for identifying five fish eggs of Apogonidae

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 913-919

  Chen, C H ^a   Wu, C C ^b   Shao, K T ^c   Yang, J S ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apogonidae; Egg identification; Micropyle region

Indexed keywords

APOGON LATERALIS; APOGONIDAE;

EID: 34548131558     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01527.x     Document Type: Article

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