First record of the muzzled blenny (Osteichthyes: Blenniidae: Omobranchus punctatus) from the Mediterranean, with remarks on ship-mediated fish introduction

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 851-852

  Golani, Daniel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEW RECORD; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ASHDOD; ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

BLENNIIDAE; OMOBRANCHUS; OMOBRANCHUS DASSON; OMOBRANCHUS PUNCTATUS; OSTEICHTHYES;

EID: 4544256048     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404010057h     Document Type: Article

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