Activity, habitat use, feeding behavior, and diet of four sympatric species of Serranidae (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) in southeastern Brazil

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-398

  Gibran, Fernando Zaniolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diplectrum formosum; Diplectrum radiale; Ecomorphology; Epinephelus marginatus; Mycteroperca acutirostris

Indexed keywords

ACTINOPTERYGII; CRUSTACEA; DIPLECTRUM; DIPLECTRUM FORMOSUM; DIPLECTRUM RADIALE; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS; MYCTEROPERCA ACUTIROSTRIS; PERCIFORMES; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 35348839006     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252007000300018     Document Type: Article

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