Presence of the Guinean puffer Sphoeroides marmoratus (Lowe, 1838) in the Mediterranean Sea

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1215-1219

  Vacchi, M ^a   Bussotti, S ^b   Miglietta, A M ^b   Guidetti, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Guinean puffer; Mediterranean Sea; Sphoeroides marmoratus

Indexed keywords

LAGOCEPHALUS LAGOCEPHALUS; SPHOEROIDES MARMORATUS;

EID: 35248896222     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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